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Discover LudwigThe phrase "almost cannot" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to express a strong limitation or near impossibility in doing something.
Example: "I almost cannot believe how quickly the project was completed."
Alternatives: "barely can" or "hardly can".
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"I almost cannot understand that number," he added, laughing.
James's role in this scheme, the flexibility he affords Coach Mike Krzyzewski, almost cannot be overstated.
Publishers are the small fry here – Google is a partner they almost cannot do without".
The work was conceived so totally in theater terms that I almost cannot recognize it divorced from its theatrical setting".
In making broadband available more or less anywhere anytime, Globalstar reckons it is six years ahead of the competition.Your correspondent almost cannot wait.
Professor Thompson said Fox almost cannot help but be in the vanguard of the more aggressive second wave of reality shows.
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"But peoples, civilizations, religions — and especially when these religions are themselves civilizations, types of society, almost States — cannot and cannot even want to . . .
On the other hand, his loyal supporter, PML (Q), almost certainly cannot secure a majority either.
But you or I almost certainly cannot (and I have tried).
But even if a presidential election is to be held in June, parliamentary elections almost certainly cannot be.
Second, the bundled IMF payments, worth around €1.6 billion, fall due; Greece almost certainly cannot raise those funds without help.
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