hopefully

[Karl Hagen]

Regretfully, I disagree that "hopefully" is used incorrectly.
Fortunately, the more sensible usage guides, such as the Merriam-Webster
Dictionary of English Usage, back me up. Sadly, people continue to pick
on "hopefully," even though it's been well established for a long time.
It is to be hoped that so useful a word as "hopefully," which has no
one-word equivalent in this context, will continue to flourish.

On 4/4/2012 3:59 PM, Dan Nussbaum wrote:
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