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What is the difference between Hardly and Hardly ever ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
What is the difference between Hardly and Hardly ever ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
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@Goodyuqing
Hardly ever – this tells us that we are talking about the frequency of an action in time
Hardly – this can be used for the frequency or intensity of anything, whether it is related to time or not.
– I hardly ever eat chocolate croissants
– I have hardly any chocolate croissants
The first one is a time statement, the second one is not.
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@Goodyuqing
Hardly ever – this tells us that we are talking about the frequency of an action in time
Hardly – this can be used for the frequency or intensity of anything, whether it is related to time or not.
– I hardly ever eat chocolate croissants
– I have hardly any chocolate croissants
The first one is a time statement, the second one is not.
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@isthmus_x thank you so much! And I'm sorry for not setting your answer to my last question as the most helpful one because I couldn't understand such a long text :(. thank you all the same anyway, have a good day
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"Hardly" is used to say a statement is true, but by so little that it's not really important.
"Hardly ever" also means this, but it's only used to refer to frequency.
Examples:
"I was hardly surprised" - I was only a tiny bit surprised.
"I was hardly ever surprised" - I was not often surprised.
"It's hardly bigger than a brick" - It is only a tiny bit bigger than a brick.
"It's hardly ever bigger than a brick" - It is not often bigger than a brick
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