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Abil Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

Hardly

Can anyone say how many times the PM and his advisers have pledged to initiate reforms? Hardly.

Is the use of ‘hardly’ in this manner appropriate?
  

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Hi Yes, that's good. It means that it would be hard to say how many times they've pledged that; so many times Could I say how many times? Only with great difficulty Dave

  • Hi Yes, that's good.
  • It means that it would be hard to say how many times they've pledged that; so many times Could I say how many times?
  • Only with great difficulty Dave
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Hi

Yes, that's good. It means that it would be hard to say how many times they've pledged that; so many times

Could I say how many times? Only with great difficulty

Dave

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