Adverb question
Copies of the popular children's book had been placed on bookstore shelves for not _______ several hours when they sold out?
(A) quite
(B) many
(C) still
(D) only

I feel like both a and b could fit in the context but there can be only one answer. So i'm confused. What do you think?

Question

Adverb question
Copies of the popular children's book had been placed on bookstore shelves for not _______ several hours when they sold out?
(A) quite
(B) many
(C) still
(D) only

I feel like both a and b could fit in the context but there can be only one answer. So i'm confused. What do you think?

Answer

Tay,

There is no good answer here.

The noun phrase "not quite several hours" is ungrammatical.

Copies of the popular children's book had been placed on bookstore shelves for only several hours when they sold out.

Answer

It's A. You can't use many and several next to each other.

Answer

A,You can't use only