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  2. dictionary.cambridge.org › grammar › british-grammarHardly ever, rarely, scarcely, seldom - Cambridge Grammar

    Hardly and scarcely can mean ‘almost not at all’ or ‘only just’. Hardly is much more common than scarcely, and scarcely is more formal: Jen was so tired. She could scarcely keep her eyes open. I hardly know them. I’ve only met them once.

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  3. www.grammaring.com › hardly-scarcely-barely-no-soonerHARDLY, SCARCELY, BARELY, NO SOONER - Grammaring

    hardly / scarcely / barely ... when. no sooner ... than. When a story is told in the past tense, the adverbials hardly, scarcely, barely and no sooner are often used to emphasise that one event quickly followed another. The verb describing the earlier event is usually in the past perfect tense.

  4. www.englishgrammar.org › sooner-hardlywhenNo sooner … than, Hardly…when - Home of English Grammar

    Aug 20, 2013 · Hardly and scarcely. It is possible to express the same idea using hardly/scarcely…when. Hardly had I reached the station when the train came. Scarcely had I reached the station when the train arrived. As soon as. This structure is also used with the same meaning. As soon as I arrived at the station, the train came.

  5. learnenglish.britishcouncil.org › grammar › c1Inversion after negative adverbials - LearnEnglish

    Hardly, barely, scarcely, no sooner. These adverbials often refer to an event which quickly follows another in the past and are usually used with past perfect. Hardly, scarcely and barely are followed by when in the contrasting clause, and no sooner is followed by than.

  6. speakspeak.com › hardly-no-soonerHardly, no sooner (examples, how to use) – Speakspeak

    We can use hardly or no sooner to say that two things happened in quick succession (i.e. there was a very short space of time between the two things happening). We say hardly . . . when / before . . . to say that something happened and another thing happened very soon afterwards.

  7. www.careerride.com › page › learn-to-use-hardlyLearn to use "Hardly/Scarcely ------- when" correctly

    Hardly/Scarcely is always followed by the word 'when' and not 'than'. The conjunction 'Hardly/Scarcely ----- when' is also used to denote simultaneous actions. Learn the use of "Hardly/Scarcely ----- when" to improve your written and verbal English communication skills.

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  9. www.goheramin.com › 2022 › 06The use of Hardly and scarcely with examples and exercise.

    Jun 3, 2022 · The sentence in which hardly and scarcely is used consists of two parts. In the first part, the past perfect tense is used. In the second part, the Past Indefinite Tense is used.

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