JAMB - English Language (1979 - No. 26)
Choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined statement or words:
Had she asked me earlier, I might have been able to employ him
Had she asked me earlier, I might have been able to employ him
I employed her
I did not employ him
I did not employ her
I employed him
I employed neither of the two
توضیح
The original sentence implies that the speaker did not employ him because the request came too late. Therefore, the nearest meaning is that "I did not employ him."