Fearing that people might see the scar on her leg,_____.

A:Hardly ever Mary wears a skirt
B: Mary wears hardly ever a skirt
C:Mary hardly ever wears a skirt
D:Mary ever wears a skirt hardly

Fearing people might see the scar on her leg,
"Mary hardly ever wears a skirt"

Fearing that people might see the scar on her leg,
Mary hardly ever wears a skirt

Thanks for your reply.

Could you give us more explanations why this answer is correct?

To 123
do u know why i say "Fearing that people might see the scar on her leg, Mary hardly ever wears a skirt."
because mary has a scar on her leg she may wears a skirt to cover her scar.

that's what i mean to say haha

I beg your pardon, 123,I know that this is the correct answer to your question, because the rest of the phrase a, b and d are not correct.

The Noun ,Mary (the important Noun) is doing something..ie..hardly ever wears a skirt

hardly ever - to explain the reason, how often??
a skirt - to explain the reason, what is Mary,not ever going to wear.

I hope this explains..
~

what's your answer? kathy

Hi wolfy,

It is an adverb that describes the frequency of an act. It has a strict position in the sentence, after the subject, before the verb.
Here is a short, concise summary (there are many on the net)- take note of the exceptions.

http://www.learnenglish.de/grammar/adverbfreq.html

Well done shushu

You see, I tutored during the univesity years. I don't speak this language, but I know where I can find the rules...