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About [hardly more than] and [hardly any more than]
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[hardly more than] and [hardly any more than], Could any native spaker give me an explanation?
Thank you for your assistance.
[hardly more than] and [hardly any more than], Could any native spaker give me an explanation?
Thank you for your assistance.
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Hi,
It is right that I try to give meaning in the mind at first.
[hardly more than] -----
almost not more than -----means that if the degree of action lowers a little bit, we can't say it more than any longer.
[hardly any more than]----
almost not any more than-----means to say it is nothing, of no meaning because the more than is too tiny to say.
It is right that I try to give meaning in the mind at first.
[hardly more than] -----
almost not more than -----means that if the degree of action lowers a little bit, we can't say it more than any longer.
[hardly any more than]----
almost not any more than-----means to say it is nothing, of no meaning because the more than is too tiny to say.
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The meanings of both are the same ('any' doesn't really carry any lexical meaning) = almost not more than -- means that if the degree of action lowers a little bit, we can't say it more than any longer.
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