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MUSCOVITE Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

couldn't hadly

Hi,

Please take a look at the following sentence:

Sometimes we couldn’t hardly tell ourselves from each other.

Note the words in bold/italics. Is this grammar okay?


I understand the classic version should look like this?

'sometimes we could hardly tell ourselves from each other"

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Top answer

MUSCOVITE couldn’t hardly This is a common casual utterance in AmE. It is considered poor English by many.

— Mister Micawber

  • MUSCOVITE couldn’t hardly This is a common casual utterance in AmE.
  • It is considered poor English by many.
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MUSCOVITEcouldn’t hardly
This is a common casual utterance in AmE. It is considered poor English by many.
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Mister Micawber common casual utterance in AmE.
Thanks, MM!
BTW, this sentence is taken from a British Council lesson ... so it may be a common casual utterance in BrEng as well?..
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We'll have to let a Brit respond to that, sorry.
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