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Anonymous Posted 6 years ago
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Meaning of scarcely suffice

The sentence-For him,ten years can scarcely suffice to realize that thing
means that there are low or very low probabilities for him to realize that thing?

  

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The sentence is not native English. " Here is a better example: Ten loaves and ten fishes would scarcely suffice to feed the homeless people here for one day. It means it is barely enough.

  • The sentence is not native English.
  • " Here is a better example: Ten loaves and ten fishes would scarcely suffice to feed the homeless people here for one day.
  • It means it is barely enough.
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The sentence is not native English. It is a poor example of "scarcely suffice." Here is a better example:

Ten loaves and ten fishes would scarcely suffice to feed the homeless people here for one day. 

It means it is barely enough.

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