Monday, 30 November 2020

Common errors in English: Usage of Hard and Hardly

Hard and Hardly


Incorrect : It is raining hardly. 


Correct : It is raining hard.


Note: "Hard' means heavily or severely. It is an adverb of manner, But 'hardly’ means "scarcely'. It is an adverb of time. You can say: 


It hardly rains here.

The baby can hardly walk.


“Hard” comes after the verb but “hardly" comes before the verb.


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