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07 Sep 2013, 15:52
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Fame,
The adverb "hopefully" means "with hope, with a quality of hope."
Your first sentence is an extremely rare example of a 100% correct use of the word "hopefully":
They listened hopefully for the sound of the rescue party.
In other words, they listened with a sense of hope --- that's actually what the word means.
The second sentence is a classic example of the common misuse of the word
In almost all uses in colloquial speech, folks misuse "hopefully" as a substitute for "I hope that ..." This is grammatically and logically incorrect. What folks are trying to say is something along the lines of your third sentence, "I hope they will come in time," which is perfectly correct.
In a way, you could say that the word "hopefully" is a sort of abbreviation for a short phrase --- "I hopefully say that they will come in time" --- but of course, that's over-the-top stilted, so no one would say that anymore.
The GMAT does not test this issue. I would just caution about the larger context. Of course, the reason the GMAT tests SC is because, in the business world, good writing conveys, "I'm intelligent; I'm competent; you can trust me", whereas poor grammar conveys, "I'm not bright; if you give me money, I may do stupid things with it." In this regard, I would recommend avoiding the word "hopefully" in all your writing, unless you have a rare occasion to use it in a correct context, as in your first sentence.
Does all this make sense?
Mike
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24 Sep 2019, 22:11
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Hi Mike,
Are there other such examples of weird/ illogical adverbs, similar to "hopefully", which i need to be aware of on gmat ? Please guide further reading if required.
Thanks,
Azhar
08 May 2020, 16:21
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Hi Mike,
I am a little confused on the structure "I hope they will come in time".
Why is there no "that" after the verb "hope".
The way the sentence is structured is SUBJECT VERB OBJECT VERB. Do we not need a subordinate conjunction to make the sentence noun verb subordinate conjunction noun verb?
I am a little confused on the structure "I hope they will come in time".
Why is there no "that" after the verb "hope".
The way the sentence is structured is SUBJECT VERB OBJECT VERB. Do we not need a subordinate conjunction to make the sentence noun verb subordinate conjunction noun verb?
