Taka  +  380397 Sat, 16 Jun 07 04:19 PM Do you native speakers percieve any semantic difference between 'die hard' and 'hardly die'? If you do, what is the difference? Taka Joined on Tue, Sep 7 2004 Japan Senior Member 2,625 Difference Between

	Buddhaheart  +  380434 Sat, 16 Jun 07 07:11 PM 'Die hard' as a noun means a person who refuses to give in or surrender easily. As an adjective, it means refusing to give in or hanging in till the end. ‘Hardly die' is just an adverb and a verb strung together. It is not the same as ‘die hard’at all. Buddhaheart Joined on Sat, Jan 20 2007 Vancouver Canada Full Member 133 Verbs, Nouns, Adverbs

	Taka  +  380437 Sat, 16 Jun 07 07:20 PM  Buddhaheart wrote: 'Die hard' as a noun means a person who refuses to give in or surrender easily. As an adjective, it means refusing to give in or hanging in till the end. Really?? It is not used as a verb?? I've found this sentence.  My father says old habits die hard; he can't quit smoking. It seems that 'die hard' here is used as a verb (+adverbial) Taka Verbs, Nouns

	Taka  +  380465 Sat, 16 Jun 07 08:23 PM  Marius Hancu wrote: You must have some pretty bad dictionaries if they show hardly and hard as being synonymous. Fortunately, none of mine says they are synonymous. But quite unfortunately, they don't really explain the difference in detail... Taka

	Buddhaheart  +  380470 Sat, 16 Jun 07 08:35 PM  Taka wrote:  Buddhaheart wrote: 'Die hard' as a noun means a person who refuses to give in or surrender easily. As an adjective, it means refusing to give in or hanging in till the end. Really?? It is not used as a verb?? I've found this sentence.  My father says old habits die hard; he can't quit smoking. It seems that 'die hard' here is used as a verb (+adverbial) Yes, ‘die’ is a verb; but ‘die hard’ is NOT. ‘Hard’ is an adverb qualifying the verb ‘die’. What the quoted sentence means is old habits don’t go away easily or you can’t get rid of old habits easily. ‘Hard’ as an adverb here means ‘with difficulty’. Buddhaheart Verbs, Nouns, Adverbs

	Taka  +  380473 Sat, 16 Jun 07 08:43 PM  Buddhaheart wrote: ‘Hardly die' is just an adverb and a verb strung together.  Buddhaheart wrote: Yes, ‘die’ is a verb...‘Hard’ as an adverb here means ‘with difficulty’. Then, my question is, again, what exactly is the difference between 'to die hard' and 'hardly to die'?? Taka Verbs, Difference Between, Adverbs

	Yankee  +  380480 Sat, 16 Jun 07 08:55 PM Hi Taka It is hardly possible that the expression 'hardly to die' would be used. In 'hardly to die' and in my sentence above, the meaning of 'hardly' would be 'scarcely' or 'not at all'. Yankee Joined on Sat, Apr 15 2006 Connecticut, USA Veteran Member 6,491 Amy "You can't depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus." - Mark Twain

	Taka  +  380481 Sat, 16 Jun 07 08:56 PM  Yankee wrote: Hi Taka It is hardly possible that the expression 'hardly to die' would be used. In 'hardly to die' and in my sentence above, the meaning of 'hardly' would be 'scarcely' or 'not at all'. Well, the Die Hard guy doesn't seem to die at all in the movie. Taka