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Belly Posted 18 years ago
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10Hardly ... when or Hardly... than?12br
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10This is what I found in Oxford dictionary:12br
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10 00Hardly had she spoken 01b00than02b00 she regretted it bitterly.02br
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00Hardly00 had we arrived01b00 00than00 the problems started.02br
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00But they also say:02br
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02b00 00Hardly/Scarcely had we sat down at the table, when the phone rang.00 Note that you usually use 00when00 in these sentences,01i00 not 01b00than02b02br
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00Help! I'm at a loss02br
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002) a very cheerful an energetic woman, Joyce's always 01i00first02i00 to sign up when there's work to be done02br
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00Why not 01b00the first02b00 but01b00 first02b00?02br
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0Hi,02br 02br 00For no. 2, I think you can think of it in two ways:02br 02br 00First, I thiink these options are available: She is best. 0-

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  • 0Hi,02br 02br 00For no.
  • 2, I think you can think of it in two ways:02br 02br 00First, I thiink these options are available: She is best.
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0Hi,02br
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00For no. 2, I think you can think of it in two ways:02br
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00First, I thiink these options are available: She is best. She is the best.02br
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00Second, I think we can think of it as sort of a title.02br
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00She placed first in the contest.0-
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1i00hardly had ... than ... 02i00is very rarely found. It means the same as 01i00hardly had ... when ...02i00, the more common pattern.02br
00You can say 01i00always the first02i00 or 01i00always first02i00. There is no difference in meaning.02br
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0I find this construction interesting and stylish but can't really understand its meaning.02br
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00I have two questions. 02br
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001. Can I change the tense from past to present? Hardly HAVE ...when02br
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002. 00Hardly/Scarcely have we sat down at the table, when the phone rings02br
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00Does it mean "u
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0This type of construction expresses a surprise.02br
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00Hardly/Scarcely 01b00had02b00 we sat down at the table 01b00when the phone02b00 01b00rang.02b02br
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01b00No sooner had02b00 we sat down at the table 01b00than the phone rang.02b02br
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0>I have not seen such constructions in the present tense.02br
00Your loss:-)02br
01b0066002b00 on 01b00"no sooner do we * than"02b02br
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0Thanks,, Marius, for the information.0-
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