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- When hardly is modifying either the main verb or the following noun, we can put it directly before the verb or before the noun phrase: She hardly had any sleep. or She had hardly any sleep. In more formal styles, to refer to something happening immediately after something else, we use hardly … when.
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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.
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When hardly is modifying either the main verb or the following noun, we can put it directly before the verb or before the noun phrase: She hardly had any sleep. or She had hardly any sleep. In more formal styles, to refer to something happening immediately after something else, we use hardly … when.
You use hardly to modify a statement when you want to emphasize that it is only a small amount or detail which makes it true, and that therefore it is best to consider the opposite statement as being true.
Aug 20, 2013 · No sooner … than, Hardly…when. If the second event occurs immediately after the first, we can express that idea using the structure no sooner … than. Note that in this structure no sooner introduces the event that occurred first.
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.
You use hardly to modify a statement when you want to emphasize that it is only a small amount or detail which makes it true, and that therefore it is best to consider the opposite statement as being true.
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You use hardly to modify a statement when you want to emphasize that only a small amount or detail makes it true, and it is best to consider the opposite as true. For example, if someone hardly speaks, they do not speak much.
