Winged WordsHamilton, 1988 - 292 pagini |
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Pagina 69
... hopefully , we are resisting a small erosion of the precision of the English language . Part of the attraction of hopefully in its new overcoat of meaning is this very ambiguity and imprecision . It commits the user to no confession of ...
... hopefully , we are resisting a small erosion of the precision of the English language . Part of the attraction of hopefully in its new overcoat of meaning is this very ambiguity and imprecision . It commits the user to no confession of ...
Pagina 71
... hopefully ' ; and that it is a new meaning that says compendiously what cannot be said so precisely in any other way . The OED Supplement merely says that the use is avoided by many writers ... hopefully is a better thing than 71 HOPEFULLY.
... hopefully ' ; and that it is a new meaning that says compendiously what cannot be said so precisely in any other way . The OED Supplement merely says that the use is avoided by many writers ... hopefully is a better thing than 71 HOPEFULLY.
Pagina 73
... hopefully as disjunct is that it cannot be analysed like the others . It does not fit the pattern . You cannot say : ' I am hopeful to say . ' Over the past ten years ' hopefully ' used absolutely , as a value - judgement adverbial ...
... hopefully as disjunct is that it cannot be analysed like the others . It does not fit the pattern . You cannot say : ' I am hopeful to say . ' Over the past ten years ' hopefully ' used absolutely , as a value - judgement adverbial ...
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academic acronym adjective adverb American auto-antonyms band-wagon become better Bible bird British English Brownie called century classics cliché coined collision common cowboy describe Dictionary editor English language eponymous etymology example fashionable free lunch French fudge grammar gravy train Greek hope hopefully hype idiolect idiom Indian English ivory tower jargon journalists journos lady Latin linguistic living look Lord marbles mean metaphor modern Naafi naff never nice noun origin Oxford Oxford English Dictionary paradox Pathetic Fallacy person Phil Mahre phrase political politicians popular prodigal pronounced pronunciation quotation quotes Received Pronunciation recent refer reflexive reflexive pronouns rubbish sengreen sense sentence silly slang social sounds spelling Teddy television term Thatcher thing tion Tommy Handley translation twerp unicorn United Kingdom usage verb vocabulary vogue wally weasel word White Knight woman write wrong wrote
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