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| Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2005 6:08 pm
Post subject: Parking spaces are hardly taken. |
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Hello.
When you say 'parking spaces hardly taken', does it mean that there are
many parking spaces available, or that it is hard to get a parking
space?
English is not my first language, and it seems that it can be
interpreted as both ways.
Thanks in advance.
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the Omrud
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| Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2005 6:18 pm
Post subject: Re: Parking spaces are hardly taken. |
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spake thusly:
| Quote: | Hello.
When you say 'parking spaces hardly taken', does it mean that there are
many parking spaces available, or that it is hard to get a parking
space?
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It's not something which a native English speaker would write, so
it's difficult to know what the author meant.
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David
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ray o'hara
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| Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2005 7:05 pm
Post subject: Re: Parking spaces are hardly taken. |
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<dasony@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1129550905.810283.15260@g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
| Quote: | Hello.
When you say 'parking spaces hardly taken', does it mean that there are
many parking spaces available, or that it is hard to get a parking
space?
English is not my first language, and it seems that it can be
interpreted as both ways.
Thanks in advance.
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Whileit's not how anyone would phrase it,I'd say it meant there were many
spaces available.
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baldycotton
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| Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2005 4:02 am
Post subject: Re: Parking spaces are hardly taken. |
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On 17 Oct 2005 05:08:25 -0700, dasony@gmail.com wrote:
| Quote: | When you say 'parking spaces hardly taken', does it mean that there are
many parking spaces available, or that it is hard to get a parking
space?
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While not a "normally spoken" phrase, it would certainly mean there
are many spaces left in which to park.
If parking in a public lot costs five dollars and parking on the
street is free, you can be sure that the parking spaces in the lot
would be hardly taken.
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"Hardly" means "almost not at all".
I had fifty dollars this morning, but by the end of the day, I had
hardly any money left.
"Hard" means difficult.
It's hard to park at the mall just before Christmas. |
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