Who'd a thunk it?

Fri Jul 1 19:01:00 UTC 2005

On Jun 29, 2005, at 11:22 PM, Wilson Gray wrote:

> FWIW, I think that "supposably" sounds "ignunt." But I've been in love
> with "hopefully" from the day that we met. I've never understood why
> some people wish to argue against its use. In fact, I've never even
> understood the points of those arguments. Different strokes for
> different folks, to coin a phrase.

not very surprising.  for "supposably" there already is a one-word
equivalent ("supposedly"), but there is no such equivalent for
"hopefully".  so "hopefully" is really useful in a way that
"supposably" is not.

arnold