Choose the option that uses the adverb 'hardly' correctly: "He could _______ hear the speaker's voice over the roaring crowd."

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A hardly not
B hardly
C more hardly
D hard

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Answer: B. hardly

Answer: (B) hardly
Explanation: "Hardly" is a restrictive adverb that means "scarcely" or "barely". Since it already carries a negative connotation, pairing it with another negative word like "not" (as in option A) creates a grammatically incorrect double negative.

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Choose the option that uses the adverb 'hardly' correctly: "He could _______ hear the speaker's voice over the roaring crowd."

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