There's hardly any tea left vs. There almost/nearly any tea left

[Francis]

Hi,

We run out of coffee and there’s hardly any tea left. Can I say “We run out of coffee and there’s almost/nearly any tea left”?

[Stoyan0v]

not a teacher

“We run out of coffee and there’s almost/nearly any tea left” is wrong

I think the correct way to say it is: “We run out of coffee and there’s barely / hardly any tea left”.

You can also say “We run out of coffee and there’s almost no tea left”

Hope this helps!

[Beeesneees]

We’ve run out of coffee… is the correct form of all those examples.

[Stoyan0v]

Indeed - I overlooked it Thanks for pointing it out!

[Francis]

Ouch, a typo.

Thanks a lot for your help.