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3 dic 2022

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¿Cuál es la diferencia entre Hardly y Hardly ever ?Puedes dar oraciones como ejemplo.

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isthmus_x

3 dic 2022

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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

3 dic 2022

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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

3 dic 2022

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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

Natitan

3 dic 2022

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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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Goodyuqing

3 dic 2022

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@Natitan thank you so much! For both your help and your clear examples

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