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Thread: ADVERB "hardly"

  1. 19-Nov-2004, 17:43 #1
    kiwijan Guest

    Default ADVERB "hardly"

    Hi.
    Please, tell me more about the adverb "hardly".

    Thanks a lot.

    Truly,
    Keiwan Pirouti
    IRAN, MAHABAD
  2. 19-Nov-2004, 23:42 #2
    Tdol
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    Default Re: ADVERB "hardly"

    It means 'almost not/no' :

    I hardly tried = I tried but only a very little, so little that it was not really significant.
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