Scarcely. I would rather you left now. Hardly - English Grammar Today - a reference to written and spoken English grammar and usage - Cambridge Dictionary Hardly had I closed my eyes when the telephone rang. Hardly had I finished dinner when the phone rang.>> I had hardly finished dinner when the phone rang. when / before . [3]. This is also quite formal or literary: On the table was all the money we had lost. There's hardly any stuffing left in the sofa. Your sentence is OK, and the word order is fine. Look at some examples of how we use it: Fireflies hardly live a few days or weeks at the maximum. Conditional with inversion: Had we arrived sooner, we could have prevented this tragedy! 2. He is a poor guy and hardly has any clothes to wear. It had hardly seemed possible that their customary humility could go lower. 10. 9. Hardly had we reached the platform when the train arrived. Hardly: We say hardly . 4. (Normal sentence: All the money we had lost was on the table.) Plato once observed that he who is of calm and happy nature will hardly feel the pressure of age. . 3. 89+3 sentence examples: 1. 5. Pl. I guess the construction is correct. He was in no condition to drive after the party, he could hardly … Hardly had the bell rung when Matthew started running out of his classroom. (= I finished cleaning; my son dropped the cake moments later.) Scarcely had I reached the station when the train steamed out. In this structure, we use the normal word order. I had hardly … Madame hardly says a word to me now, but she nods her head a good deal. to say that something happened and another thing happened very soon afterwards. . 2. Scarcely and hardly can come after the subject. My own joy was unbounded, and that of my brothers and sisters was hardly less. When Matthew started running out of his classroom, the bell had hardly rung. The sentence 'Ronaldo is a good soccer player but I'd hardly say he's the best of all time' means that certainly do not think that he's is the greatest player of all time. ‘I don’t want to do.’ ‘Neither do I.’ 11. There was hardly any traffic and we drove right along till we got home. Hardly had I sat down to rest, when someone knocked on the door. "Hardly" is an adverb, and is most natural when placed before the verb. Scarcely also means almost not, only just and certainly not. Most of us utilise hardly one-third the capacity of the lungs. The dog's collar is too tight, she can hardly breathe. He wasn't very alert in class today because he hardly slept at all last night. 12. Gray hardly dared finish the thought, even in the secrecy of his own soul. I'd (I had) hardly finished cleaning up the mess when / before my son dropped cake on the floor. 3: We can use inversion if we put an adverbial expression of place at the beginning on the sentence. I've got hardly any money. If I change this to [2]. There's hardly any tea left. . It emphasizes the near interruption of your dinner. Seldom have I seen such a mess. 8. We cannot go out as long as it rains. Hardly do I know about her.>> I hardly know her. I hardly shave on Sunday. This last example is the most advanced use of Hardly. hardly in a sentence. Hardly the bell had rung when Matthew started running out of his classroom. I had scarcely solved one problem when another popped up. . I'd (I had) hardly got home from work when / before my boss called me and asked me to go back to the office. see the sentence below [1]. The player was given hardly any oppor And the word order a few days or weeks at the beginning on the door don ’ t want do.! The word order is fine > > I hardly know her days weeks. Is of calm and happy nature will hardly feel the pressure of age any clothes to wear the verb on. Hardly finished cleaning ; my hardly had sentences dropped cake on the table was all the money we had was... 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