how do Buffistas feel about the use of "hopefully" as a sentence adverb?
I know it's not right, but I do it anyway.
Buffy: So how'd she get away with the bad mojo stuff? Anya: Giles sold it to her. Giles: Well, I didn't know it was her. I mean, how could I? If it's any consolation, I may have overcharged her.
'Sleeper'
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Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Lee - Nov 14, 2006 3:54:07 pm PST #268 of 10007
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Jesse - Nov 14, 2006 3:55:55 pm PST #269 of 10007
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
MINE DID.
Wait, what? Was there something about a kid?
Bad? Inevitable? With precedent?
Yes.
Topic!Cindy - Nov 14, 2006 3:59:20 pm PST #270 of 10007
What is even happening?
Hmm. Framing that penultimate sentence made me wonder--how do Buffistas feel about the use of "hopefully" as a sentence adverb? As in, to replace "I hope" in the sentence under consideration. Bad? Inevitable? With precedent?
I've always misused hopefully, but have recently become hyper-aware of it. I liked it better when I was unaware. Hopefully, I'll forget, soon.
msbelle - Nov 14, 2006 4:00:04 pm PST #271 of 10007
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
I HAVE A KID!!!!!!
§ ita § - Nov 14, 2006 4:02:51 pm PST #272 of 10007
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
That all seems rather sudden...
msbelle - Nov 14, 2006 4:04:26 pm PST #273 of 10007
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
you are all dead to me.
Jesse - Nov 14, 2006 4:04:56 pm PST #274 of 10007
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I HAVE A KID!!!!!!
Huh? Wha?
brenda m - Nov 14, 2006 4:06:47 pm PST #275 of 10007
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Whoot! But I thought you already did?
Kat - Nov 14, 2006 4:10:45 pm PST #276 of 10007
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Bad? Inevitable? With precedent?
That's precisely how I feel about the incorrect usage of hopefully. But it seems pedantic to correct anyone not in my English class so I don't.
ita, if I see you tomorrow (and if not, then maybe friday? tomorrow is a lying in day and K will be here, so we might be a little bit droopy and sad.... if you don't mind droopy and sad....) remind me to give you one or two of the tres leche cakes in the fridge.
Allyson, bless her soul, came to visit and brought portos. I'm super loved.
sarameg - Nov 14, 2006 4:11:14 pm PST #277 of 10007
I swear to god, I start bouncing in my chair or on my ball and grinning like an idiot everytime I see those words. msbelle's son. Is coming home soon. And he's got an awesome mom. And his own room, with his stuff. Even though I know it has been in process for a while, the immediacy hit when it was a certain kid and then it seemed like a whirlwind. It's amazing.