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Discover LudwigThe phrase "alone hardly" is not correct and does not convey a clear meaning in written English.
It may be intended to express that something is difficult to achieve or understand when one is alone, but the phrasing is awkward and unclear.
Example: "Alone hardly makes sense in this context."
Alternatives: "barely alone" or "seldom alone."
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Smokers who go it alone hardly ever manage to quit.
Youkilis was more restrained in his reaction, saying that while it was nice to know Epstein cared, words alone hardly mattered.
That an emotionally brittle person might have these thoughts is quite plausible, but this alone hardly justifies their inclusion in a novel.
Even if sexual behavior has become partly decoupled from its procreative function -- though only in human societies -- this development alone hardly supplies a reason to believe it has deeper, species-unifying features.
That means we had about a 37% probability of an earthquake of that magnitude happening on Boobquake just due to chance alone – hardly an improbable event that needs to be attributed to an angry deity.
In Bond v United States, the Supreme Court considered whether this law "deal[ing] with crimes of deadly seriousness" applied to "a purely local crime".In this section Obama's green gamble Nobody's fuels Mud pie A modest proposal Free, but alone Hardly a Bond villain Norway, Texas The meaning of Bowe Bergdahl Internship ReprintsThe court ruled unanimously in Ms Bond's favour on June 2nd.
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