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Can’t Hardly or Can Hardly: I Can Hardly Stand It

Posted on March 7, 2019 by languageandgrammar

In Shakespeare’s time, double negatives such as can’t hardly were common, but in current standard usage (and by current, I don’t mean that I just made it up this week!), double negatives are substandard grammar. Hardly means scarcely or barely, … Continue reading →

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