hopefully

[Douglas G. Wilson]

On 4/4/2012 6:59 PM, Dan Nussbaum wrote:
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> In the sentence, "Hopefully, the sun will rise tomorrow" the word hopefully=
>   is being used incorrectly. What word should be used?
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If you don't like "hopefully", I guess you can use "hopedly". Me, I
suppose I'd prefer "hopefully" here (of these) since it's more usual.

If you don't like either, you can use another construction ("It is to be
hoped ..." or whatever).

MWDEU has a good entry for this "hopefully".

-- Doug Wilson

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