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Dominik Posted 13 years ago
Vocabulary

Hardly any time at all

An American study, carried out in 2010, discovered that it took hardly any time at all for men and women to choose who they would like to meet again in the future.

Could you say the bold fragment in other way? I don't quite get it.

Thanks in advance!
  

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"hardly any time" means just a very small amount of time. "at all" adds a kind of emphasis.

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  • "hardly any time" means just a very small amount of time.
  • "at all" adds a kind of emphasis.
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"hardly any time" means just a very small amount of time.

"at all" adds a kind of emphasis.
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Thank you, so can I say instead for example that ... it took very little time ...
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DominikThank you, so can I say instead for example that ... it took very little time ...
Right.
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Thank you for your help GPY
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Dominikhardly any
hardly any = scarcely any = barely any = almost no

[hardly / scarcely / barely] any people = almost no people
[hardly / scarcely / barely] any food = almost no food
[hardly / scarcely / barely] any money = almost no money
[hardly / scarcely / barely] anybody = almost nobody
[hardly / scarcely / barely] anywhere = almo
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