1-31-06

It is technically incorrect to use the word "hopefully" in phrases such as "Hopefully it will not rain flaming acid tomorrow." This usage has become more or less accepted, but hardcore grammarians will tell you that such sentences should instead begin with "I hope that", because "hopefully" is only supposed to mean "full of hope," i.e., "He opened the letter from Princeton hopefully, then drowned himself in a well upon seeing he was rejected."