![]() It may be accepted at first as a 'dialect' only, but soon afterward it becomes standard English. After enough people start using a word the wrong way, it becomes acceptable. Hopefully, when used in this manner, is an even later addition to the English language, and this use of the word is still being debated among grammar elitists. The English that existed in the early United States did not contain this word, and it was added later after the United States expanded to the west. For example, mosey is accepted as standard English meaning to "walk leisurely." Mosey originated from the Spanish word vamoose, which means to depart quickly. "I've proved those snobby grammer, er, grammar police wrong." It is true that hopefully is now accepted for use in this way, but the English language changes over time. It is to be hoped that: 'hopefully, it should be finished by next year.'" "Aha!" you say. Right there in the second definition, it says " 2. Even my English professor does!" Then you go and look up 'hopefully' in an online dictionary. "Everyone I know uses that word that way. "Now wait a minute! This makes no sense," you say. We have reached this time in a hopeful manner. The second example explains the manner in which we have reached a time where we understand such and such. The Larks are sort of the lost great vocal group of the very early 1950’s, largely obscure because a) they had few hits and none that remained widely known years later by casual fans, b) their individual and collective skills were more subtle than those who were able transcend a group’s fortunes in people’s memory, and c) they had a rather unu. In the first example, the way hopefully is used makes it seem that business as usual is conducted in a hopeful way, if we look at it with strict grammatical adherence. ![]() The "Press and Journal" posted an article today titled "Business as usual, hopefully." An article on, also posted today, begins with the sentence "Hopefully we have reached a time in human consciousness where we understand that Christmas, as it exists in most households, is a big, corporate scam." There are other grammatical issues with that sentence, unless the author is trying to portray something very different from what it seems he is trying to portray, but we'll ignore those for now. For today we will concentrate on hopefully.įirst let's look at some samples from text in real life. Other examples include quietly, ludicrously, and voraciously. The meaning of this new adverb is 'in a normal way.' For example, if someone is driving normally, they are driving in a way that is normal. Adverbs are usually formed by taking an adjective, such as normal, and adding 'ly' to the end of it in this case, the word normally is formed.
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