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| inconspicuous |
| quote: | Originally posted by dj_bas
How could someone misuse hopefully? |
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| Frenchie |
| Because where most people use " hopefully" they should be using " I hope ". |
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| inconspicuous |
| quote: | Originally posted by Frenchie
Because where most people use " hopefully" they should be using " I hope ". |
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| Orbax |
| quote: | Originally posted by Frenchie
Because where most people use " hopefully" they should be using " I hope ". |
it is hoped; if all goes well: Hopefully, we will get to the show on time.
sounds interchangeable to me :conf: |
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| inconspicuous |
| "Hopefully, he will come back in time" is only correct if you know for certain that he will arrive on time, full of glee and optimism regarding his future. |
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| Orbax |
| quote: | Originally posted by inconspicuous
"Hopefully, he will come back in time" is only correct if you know for certain that he will arrive on time, full of glee and optimism regarding his future. |
if all goes well is the implication |
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| Dj O'Callaghan |
| quote: | Originally posted by Frenchie
noggin'
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See you hate British ones old chap. Noggins a fine bit of slang.
Dating but only when a British person uses it, when North American people etc say it I'm fine with it. In the UK (well where I'm from) We say 'Seeing' 'going out with' etc. |
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| Slylee |
| quote: | hope·ful·ly /ˈhoʊpfəli/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[hohp-fuh-lee] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–adverb 1. in a hopeful manner: We worked hopefully and energetically, thinking we might finish first.
2. it is hoped; if all goes well: Hopefully, we will get to the show on time.
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[Origin: 1630–40; hopeful + -ly]
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| inconspicuous |
| quote: | Originally posted by Orbax
if all goes well is the implication |
It may be the implication, but it's not correct. |
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| inconspicuous |
| it's become common enough that you'll get away with it, and, I see, it's been added to some dictionaries, even (:wtf: ), but that's only due to the fact that enough people have misused it that it's become acceptable. |
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| Orbax |
| quote: | Originally posted by inconspicuous
It may be the implication, but it's not correct. |
according to the English dictionary, it is @@
Merriam-webster.com
Main Entry: hope·ful·ly
Pronunciation: 'hOp-f&-lE
Function: adverb
1 : in a hopeful manner
2 : it is hoped : I hope : we hope
usage In the 1960s the second sense of hopefully, which dates to the early 18th century and had been in fairly widespread use since at least the 1930s, underwent a surge in popularity. A surge of criticism followed in reaction, but the criticism took no account of the grammar of adverbs. Hopefully in its second sense is a member of a class of adverbs known as disjuncts. Disjuncts serve as a means by which the author or speaker can comment directly to the reader or hearer usually on the content of the sentence to which they are attached. Many other adverbs (as interestingly, frankly, clearly, luckily, unfortunately) are similarly used; most are so ordinary as to excite no comment or interest whatsoever. The second sense of hopefully is entirely standard.
dictionary.com
hope·ful·ly /ˈhoʊpfəli/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[hohp-fuh-lee] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–adverb
1. in a hopeful manner: We worked hopefully and energetically, thinking we might finish first.
2. it is hoped; if all goes well: Hopefully, we will get to the show on time.
[Origin: 1630–40; hopeful + -ly]
—Usage note Although some strongly object to its use as a sentence modifier, hopefully meaning “it is hoped (that)” has been in use since the 1930s and is fully standard in all varieties of speech and writing: Hopefully, tensions between the two nations will ease. This use of hopefully is parallel to that of certainly, curiously, frankly, regrettably, and other sentence modifiers.
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| inconspicuous |
accepted and correct are not equatable. ;)
even that makes it clear as to how it came about. |
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