assumably etc.

[RonButters at AOL.COM]

And then there is HOPABLY, which the late Fred Cassidy tried very hard to 
pitch as the more logical alternative to sentence-modifying HOPEFULLY, which 
numerous mavins used to find abominable. (Is it still disliked by such folk? When 
I ask my Intro to Linguistics students about this, they are mute and puzzled. 
Nobody seems to be teaching that HOPEFULLY is "bad English" in the snazzy high 
schools that my students pass through.)

In a message dated 9/26/04 3:16:03 PM, zwicky at CSLI.STANFORD.EDU writes:


> On Sep 26, 2004, at 11:18 AM, I wrote:
> 
> > putting aside the "supposably" topic, i'll focus on "assumably" (which
> > jonathan lighter and john baker, probably among others, dislike).
> 
> um, i may be misrepresenting john baker.  his earlier postings defended
> "assumably"; only in the most recent one on this topic does he maintain
> that "presumably" is the right word for the job.  jonathan lighter's
> opinions are, however, very clear.
> 
> arnold
> 
>