almost
1.almost no..., almost nothing和almost never作“几乎没有…”等解，都是美国英语，在英国说scarcely（或hardly）any..., scarcely （或hardly）anything和scarcely（或hardly）ever。无论在英美都不说almost not，而用hardly或scarcely。
2.almost不可被not修饰，如不可说He is not almost so much interested as I thought，该把almost改作nearly。
