2. “Scarcely” is used to say that something
happens immediately after something
happens.
3. He had scarcely left his office when he received a call
from his boss.
The peon had scarcely rung the bell when all the
students left the class.
The teacher had scarcely entered into the class when
all the students stood up.
we may use “before” in place of “when” in
the above sentences.
4. Scarcely had he left his office when he received a call
from his boss.
Scarcely had the peon rung the bell when all the
students left the class.
Scarcely had the teacher entered into the class when
all the students stood up.
We may start the above sentence
beginning with “scarcely” but in that
situation we should follow the verb
inversion rule.
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