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Episode #128 - any way vs. anyway/anyways

DateFriday, January 22, 2010 at 09:53AM


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January 25, 2010 | Unregistered CommenterGesammelte Blog-Links in eigen

You use "hopefully" multiple times incorrectly in your podcast #128.

Hopefully means "in a hopeful manner"; it does NOT mean "I hope".

But, otherwise, excellent episode. :)

January 4, 2011 | Unregistered CommenterDonna Ohl

This video has you saying "there's two things".

Shouldn't that be "There ARE two things"?

January 4, 2011 | Unregistered CommenterSusan D.

@Donna: I hope you don't mind that I did look it up. Turns out you are right (of course) but my usage is ok, too. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/hopefully
But I'll try to work on that.
@Susan: You are definitely right - in written English I would have expressed myself differently. However, my tone is usually pretty colloquial and you'll find that "there's two things" is common, too, although it's grammatically wrong.

January 4, 2011 | Unregistered CommenterSebastian

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