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Hardly

 

Může se hardly pojit s následujícími spojkami?

Hardly had we started than/before/when the fire alarm went off.

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  1. Hardly had we started before the alarm went off.
  2. Hardly had we started than the alarm went off.
  3. Hardly had we started when the alarm went off.
  4. No sooner had we started before the alarm went off.
  5. No sooner had we started when the alarm went off.
  6. No sooner had we started than the alarm went off.
  7. We'd [= we had] (only) just started when the alarm went off.

Note that the „hardly + inversion“ („hardly had we …“) construction is formal, so we don't use it in conversational style and you're unlikely to hear 3. See this page (BBC Learning English)

The „no sooner“ construction sounds less formal to my ear, so you may hear 6 in conversational sty­le.

Sentence 7 is the most idiomatic way of expressing this idea.

 

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