No sooner had we left the shop than it began to rain. :up:
Hardly had we left the shop when it began to rain. :down:
Not a teacher.
Hello.:-DAt least in my dialect, "Hardly has we" is not used.
[...] Inversion is also used after restrictive words like hardly (in BrE), seldom, rarely, little and never, and after only + time expression. This is formal or literary.
Hardly had I arrived when trouble started. (BrE) [...]
Is it also possible?
Scarcely had we left the shop when it began to rain.
Is it also possible?
Scarcely had we left the shop when it began to rain.
Do you mean New York dialect?At least in my dialect, "Hardly had we" is not used.
Do you mean New York dialect?