• DocumentCode
    1320854
  • Title

    Hopefully

  • Issue
    1
  • fYear
    1978
  • fDate
    3/1/1978 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    29
  • Lastpage
    30
  • Abstract
    One of the more frequently misused words — more so in speech than in writing — in the English language is the adverb hopefully; and the problem of quantitatively matching a verb to its subject can also be persistently troublesome. Examples from The New York Times style guide help to explain correct usage. [Ed.]
  • Keywords
    Dictionaries; Educational institutions; Government; History; Presses; Registers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Professional Communication, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0361-1434
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TPC.1978.6592435
  • Filename
    6592435