I heard it on a tv show yesterday and as the person said it i looked at my wife and she didn't think anything was wrong with it. The person was refering to a family member, she said "she couldn't even hardly walk". Am I wrong here or is that not proper grammar?
2006-07-18 01:10:05 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Other - Education
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2006-07-18 01:29:32 · answer #1 · answered by dl200558 5 · 3⤊ 1⤋
She couldn't even hardly walk. There has to be something wrong with that, but I have never been the best at grammar. That doesn't sound right at all. It just sounds uneducated. She could barely walk, sounds much better.
2006-07-18 08:15:17 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The "not" in couldn't and the word "hardly" create a double negative. Improper grammar. You are correct. Your wife may need a brush up in English 101.
2006-07-18 08:17:56 · answer #3 · answered by Sandi R 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There's a lot of redundancy. She could barely walk might have been clearer.
The phrase might have been set up in that way to show the character's level of education or cultural background or to REALLY emphasize the person described as an invalid.
2006-07-18 08:14:29 · answer #4 · answered by lrad1952 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It should be "She could hardly walk" Putting in couln't even hardly is just overkill and not very gramatically correct. You could even just take out the 'hardly' for it to be okay as "She couldn't even walk."
2006-07-18 08:15:01 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You don't need both..even and hardly. I'm not sure it's improper, but it does sound a little off. (sounds sort of like a double negative..ain't got no).
2006-07-18 08:26:25 · answer #6 · answered by bookfreak2day 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The phrase should have been "I could hardly walk".
2006-07-18 08:15:50 · answer #7 · answered by Auntiem115 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
take out the "even" or the "hardly"
i don't know why, but it just doesn't sound right
2006-07-18 08:12:43 · answer #8 · answered by Frank 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It should be "she could hardly walk".
2006-07-18 08:13:37 · answer #9 · answered by firexstarz 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it sounds wrong.. probabily it should be..."She could hardly walk" now that sounds much better.
2006-07-18 08:15:57 · answer #10 · answered by rina 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋