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What is the error in the given sentence?

The manager wanted to know who had arrived (a)/early that day (b)/the cashier or the accountant (c)/No error. (d)

Answer says replace early with earlier.

I do not get why?

  

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Hi It's possible to imagine a scenario where the manager sees one person coming in early and all the other members of staff just come in on the time. The manager could not make out who the early person was but deduces that it must have been the cashier or the accountant. So ...

  • Hi It's possible to imagine a scenario where the manager sees one person coming in early and all the other members of staff just come in on the time.
  • The manager could not make out who the early person was but deduces that it must have been the cashier or the accountant.
  • So ...
  • - The manager wanted to know who had arrived early that day, the cashier or the accountant.
  • However, I've had to make that up.
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Hi

It's possible to imagine a scenario where the manager sees one person coming in early and all the other members of staff just come in on the time. The manager could not make out who the early person was but deduces that it must have been the cashier or the accountant. So ...

- The manager wanted to know who had arrived early that day, the cashier or the accountant.

Howeve

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