The much-maligned adverb can be a useful addition to a sentence. Misplaced adverbs, though, can turn a sentence into a piece of nonsense.
Hopefully, I hope
I’m willing to bet that the very next time you hear the word ‘hopefully’ it will have been used clumsily.
Here are two examples.
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