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Bookmark or Share- Hardly Vs. Hardly ever - WordReference ForumsThis 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 ever". "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 ...
- hardly.....than - WordReference Forumshardly . . . 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 can hardly be cited as a serious blunder, it is easily avoided by using when or before instead of than. In the AHD 2008 survey 79% of the panel rejected this use of than.
- Hardly had I arrived THAN or WHEN? | WordReference Forums'Hardly had [something happened]' is an expression of time, but not comparison, indicating the moment after the event. Therefore these two naturally go together: (b) 'Hardly had I arrived when it started to rain'. Each of these paired expressions makes sense as shown here, but not if their elements are mixed up. There is a slight difference in ...
- HARDLY ANY followed by COUNTABLE NOUNS. - WordReference ForumsAt the closest (apart from a couple of abrupt change in the 1920s and 30s), the relative preference in favour of "hardly any of them" is about 33:1. I've restricted the starting year for the ngram because the ratio in the past is hugely greater and makes the current difference seem less than it is.
- Hardly did she /had she [Past vs Past perfect] - WordReference Forums1. 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 English test in Korea, but according to the answer, the first one is wrong because it should be corrected to the second. Actually, most grammar books in Korea consider the ...
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