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allow
1
They also allow to the prisoners to keep birds.
They also allow the prisoners to keep birds.
allow sb to do sth (NOT to sb): ‘The principal doesn’t allow them to wear jewellery to school.’
2
It’s not allowed to talk in the library.
You aren’t allowed to talk in the library.
Talking in the library isn’t allowed.
It is not usually used as a preparatory subject before (not) allowed, especially in spoken English.
almost
1
I almost have forgotten what she looks like.
I have almost forgotten what she looks like.
The suitcase almost was too heavy to lift.
The suitcase was almost too heavy to lift.
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Language Note at ALWAYS
2
My job takes me almost to every part of the world.
My job takes me to almost every part of the world.
Almost comes immediately before the word it modifies: ‘He was working in Hungary for almost
ten years.’
3
Outside Japan, almost nobody speaks Japanese .
Outside Japan, hardly anybody speaks Japanese.
Instead of saying almost no/nobody/never etc, it is more usual to say hardly any/anybody/ever
etc: ‘It was so early that there was hardly any traffic.’ ‘I hardly ever go to the cinema nowadays.’
4
She almost couldn’t breathe.
She could hardly breathe.
Almost is used with a negative verb when something does actually happen although, at the time,
there is a strong possibility that it will not happen: ‘I was feeling so tired that I almost didn’t
come.’ ‘The traffic was so heavy that she almost didn’t get here in time.’
When you mean ‘only a little’ or ‘only with great difficulty’, use hardly: ‘We hardly know each
other.’ ‘She was so tired that she could hardly keep her eyes open.’ ‘I can hardly hear myself
think.’
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