hardly ... when - WordReference Forums
Apr 2, 2013 · The inverted word order is optional. This expression ('hardly had ...') is regularly used with conjunctions of time ('before', 'when'). With the conjunction 'than', you need 'no …
Hardly Vs. Hardly ever - WordReference Forums
Sep 16, 2011 · This particular adverbial usage of 'hardly' is as rare as hen's teeth. It is rare, but then so am I. Nevertheless, there is a difference in meaning between "hardly" and "hardly …
Hardly .......but? - WordReference Forums
Feb 26, 2013 · We can see this in our own dictionary's definition: conj (subordinating) ( usually used after a negative) without it happening or being the case that: we never go out but it rains. …
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Oct 30, 2016 · hardly . . . than Some usage commentators ban the use of hardly and other minimizers with than, as in Hardly had we sat down to eat than he got up and left. While this …
Hardly did she /had she [Past vs Past perfect] - WordReference …
Apr 12, 2017 · 1. Hardly did she enter the house when someone turned on the light. 2. Hardly had she entered the house when someone turned on the light. The first phrase is from an recent …
hardly anyone - hardly no one | WordReference Forums
Dec 22, 2013. #2. Anyone isn't as negative as you think. It's pretty neutral, and can be positive: "I've lost my keys. If anyone has seen them lying around, please tell me where." It is hardly …
I <hardly> agreed - WordReference Forums
Jan 5, 2014. #7. How about "I reluctantly agreed." "Hardly" implies gradations of something. "I can hardly hear you" = "I hear so little that it's almost like hearing nothing—but I do hear a little." …
HARDLY ANY BOYS........ IS or ARE | WordReference Forums
Feb 11, 2014 · Actually, I want to write something such as " There are hardly any attempt s to carry out above type of studies ". So, what is the better way I should do it? There are hardly …
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Dec 24, 2023 · The professor could hardly find sufficient grounds to base on his arguments in favor of the new theory which definitely wouldn't work. You could create a new option …
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Sep 27, 2011 · And, of course, depending on intonation, in saying There were hardly fifty people there, we may be using the softer meaning, i.e we could just mean there were nearly fifty …