Usage of 'scarcely'.

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1. ANR USAGE OF “SCRACELY”.

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. W e may start the above sentence beginning with “scarcely” but in that situation we should follow the verb inversion rule.

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