Mar 30, 2024 · (b) Ann had hardly started eating - here, the adverb едва [jɪdˈva] is the option, which meaning is closer to the temporal "just". This adverb is used whenever there is a time …

Apr 2, 2013 · Hardly had West European leaders accepted the proposal — risking popular opposition — than Carter changed his mind and cancelled the weapon. Cold War Europe: …

Feb 26, 2013 · Hardly a man saw the film .....(which, who, whom, but) was greatly moved by the spirit of the hero." the answer is who - all the others just don't make sense and would never be …

Sep 26, 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 …

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 …

Jan 5, 2014 · "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." But agreeing to do something is a …

Mar 11, 2013 · I was reading this thread when I noticed the expression "hardly no-one" (written by a native speaker) which struck me as weird. The sentence is: No-one [hardly no-one] doubles …

Sep 16, 2011 · "Hardly ever" means "rarely", but "hardly" does not. If you want to consider Glen's suggestion of a meaning for the word, "I hardly go to the gym" can also mean that I go daily, …

Feb 25, 2015 · The verb describing the earlier event is usually in the past perfect tense. If hardly, scarcely, barely and no sooner are in the initial position, the subject and auxiliary are inverted: …

Dec 22, 2013 · "Hardly" means "with great scarcity or difficulty," so you wouldn't say "With great scarcity or difficulty was no one there." That doesn't make sense. You're trying to say "with …