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Vladv Posted 4 years ago
Grammar
Thumb in his mouth,”
Chatting with Bell one day, LBJ told the reporter, “You don’t hardly ever see the chiefs of staff around [the White
House] anymore.” As Johnson was painfully aware, he was not part of JFK’s inner circle either—“he just sat around with his thumb in his mouth,” as Bell put it.
Is it ok to use negatvion with hardly-would it be the same to say "You hardly ever see ..." And what does this idiom mean? Thanks.
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" No. It is non-standard. Vladv And what does this idiom mean?
- " No.
- It is non-standard.
- Vladv And what does this idiom mean?
- It is not idiom.
- It is a regionalism.
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VladvIs it ok to use negatvion with hardly-would it be the same to say "You hardly ever see ..."
No. It is non-standard.
VladvAnd what does this idiom mean?
It is not idiom. It is a regionalism. LBJ was a Texan, and the South has a language all its own, if you will. It sounds dumb rustic to us Yankees, b
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