Literary Works
Class 12 / General English
Literary Works
Question 32 of 56Book: TN-ENG-12Chapter 2
Fill in the blank with the correlative pair: "I would ______ starve ______ beg."
A
either ... or
B
neither ... nor
C
rather ... than
D
whether ... or
Correct AnswerC.
rather ... than
Explanation
The correlative construction would rather ... than expresses a definitive preference of one option over an undesirable alternative