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- "Hardly ever" is an exception. It's true that time expressions consisting of 2 and more words can be used at the beginning of a sentence (they are sometimes at the end though). But "hardly ever" is used after the subject or after the predicate if the predicate is the verb to b e: My parents hardly ever help me with my homework.
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Hardly ever, rarely, scarcely and seldom are frequency adverbs. We can use them to refer to things that almost never happen, or do not happen very often. They have a negative meaning. We use them without not. Rarely, scarcely and seldom are more common in writing than in speaking: He hardly ever smiles. [a trout is a type of fish]
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An adverb of frequency goes beforea main verb (except with To Be). An adverb of frequency goes after the verb To Be. When we use an auxiliary verb (have, will, must, might, could, would, can, etc.), the adverb is placed between the auxiliary and the main verb. This is also true for to be. We can also use the following adverbs at the start of a sent...
We can also use the following expressions when we want to be more specific about the frequency: 1. every day 2. once a month 3. twice a year 4. four times a day 5. every other week 6. daily 7. monthly These are also known as Adverbs of DEFINITE frequencyas the exact frequency is specified. See our video for details about these types of Adverbs:
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Watch out for mistakes with always, hardly ever, rarely, never and seldom because these adverbs cannot go at the beginning of the sentence in Modern English. E.g. E.g. Rarely I work late = incorrect.
HARDLY EVER / RARELY. What can we use if we almost never do something? It’s not zero percent but maybe 5% possibility of it happening.
In the example you cite, the word "Hardly" is put at the beginning of the sentence, in the same spirit as "No sooner." For this reason, using "than" instead of "when" in this case does not seem unnatural; "hardly" sits in for "no sooner."
An adverb of indefinite frequency gives a general idea of the frequency, while an adverb of definite frequency offers a specific frequency. This article explains frequency adverbs or adverbs of frequency. Learn its uses and examples.
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With the present simple, we often use adverbs of frequency to say 'how often' we do something. Here's a list of common adverbs: always; frequently; generally; hardly ever; infrequently; never; normally; occasionally; often; rarely; regularly; seldom; sometimes; usually; We usually put these adverbs in the middle of the sentence, between the ...
