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Minhuoc Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

hardly

Hi,

Is this sentence correct? How can I correct? Please help me. Thanks.

"When Jack London came back to California he had hardly nothing."
  

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he had barely anything.

— BarbaraPA

  • he had barely anything.
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...he had barely anything.
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Can I write "....he had hardly anything."

Thanks.
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what about he barely/ hardly had anything?
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He [hardly / barely / scarcely] had anything is OK, but He had [hardly / barely / scarcely] anything is better. It puts the modifier closer to what it modifies.

CJ
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