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Park sang joon Posted 12 years ago
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ㅡ an indication that ~

Oil companies seem eager to spend record sums on explorations, and despite falling crude prices, drilling rigs are in strong demand as offshore development picks up. Last week a Norwegian firm chartered one seven-year-old unit for a record $84,000 per day?hardly an indication that the price of oil, in the long run, is going anywhere but up.

I think 'hardly' is modify the underlined words "is going anywhere but up."
By the way, why is 'hardly' at the very front of the clause, not in 'that' clause?

Thank you in advance for your help.
  

Top answer

" No. park sang joon By the way, why is 'hardly' at the very front of the clause, not in 'that' clause? Because it is not part of the 'that' clause.

— Fivejedjon

  • " No.
  • park sang joon By the way, why is 'hardly' at the very front of the clause, not in 'that' clause?
  • Because it is not part of the 'that' clause.
  • It is the fact that a Norwegian firm has chartered an expensive rig that is hardly an indicatuon of something.
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park sang joonI think 'hardly' is modify the underlined words "is going anywhere but up."
No.
park sang joonBy the way, why is 'hardly' at the very front of the clause, not in 'that' clause?
Because it is not part of the 'that' clause.

It is the fact that a Norwegian firm has chartered an expensive rig that is hardl
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Thank you, fivejedjon, for your valuable answer.
I have forgotten the patterns 'hardly a + noun' and 'scarcely a + noun.'
You have reminded me of these.

By any chance, do you think "hardly an indication" is a participle phrase?
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park sang joonBy any chance, do you think "hardly an indication" is a participle phrase?
As I have said before, psj, you can't have a participle phrase without a participle.
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I'm sorry, I won't say the term in the state without a participle.
In other words, do you think 'which is' is omitted before "hardly an indication?"
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park sang joondo you think 'which is' is omitted before "hardly an indication?"
No, I don't think anything has been omitted.
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No, I don't think anything has been omitted.
I see.

Then do you think the sentence "Oil companies seem eager to spend record sums on explorations, and despite falling crude prices, drilling rigs are in strong demand as offshore development picks up." is in apposition with "hardly an indication"?
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