Hardly+Not
Is this right: there was hardly no one at the club last night? or Shall I say: there was hardly anybody at the club last night? which one is grammatically correct?
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Saying "hardly no one" is a double negative, so it's grammatically incorrect whereas "there was hardly anybody" is the grammatically correct of articulating your thoughts. Search Google for "double negative +hardly", good luck! :)
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Good question... I think it's more grammatically correct to say there was hardly anybody, but I'd be going off of my instinct and that's hardly good enough.
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