Macmillan Holdings, LLC. Grammar Girl, Grammar Girl's, QDnow, and Quick and Dirty Tips are all trademarks of Macmillan Holdings, LLC. I believe it should be OK to start a sentence with “hopefully,” but I'm still going to tell you not to do it. Bobby Small grammar Check out "disjunctive adverbs" and hopefully all your angst will go away! http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/hopefully.aspx?commentid=18347#Comments http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/hopefully.aspx?commentid=18347#Comments Tue, 11 Aug 2009 17:38:31 GMT Paras Mendiratta grammar Ah! I always thought that "Hopefully" means "speaking with full of hope". :D http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/hopefully.aspx?commentid=17673#Comments http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/hopefully.aspx?commentid=17673#Comments Sun, 05 Jul 2009 08:01:19 GMT rose alcantara grammar please correct these phrases: " so that we can pay our respects to..." " it made me realized how blessed we are..." http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/hopefully.aspx?commentid=16533#Comments http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/hopefully.aspx?commentid=16533#Comments Thu, 16 Apr 2009 16:07:36 GMT rose alcantara grammar please correct these two phrases : " so that we can pay our respects to..." "this made me realized how blessed are we " http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/hopefully.aspx?commentid=16532#Comments http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/hopefully.aspx?commentid=16532#Comments Thu, 16 Apr 2009 16:05:46 GMT Kit grammar I cringe when I hear, "Hopefully, the sun will shine on our picnic", "Hopefully, it will be sunny tomorrow" or similar expressions. The sun cannot be "hopeful" not can "it". I've always used the correct example, "Hopefully, the rescue people searched for the missing child". A tip to all: Look at the subject of your sentence; if it is capable of being full of hope (i.e., a human or other living being - can cats hope that they'll get what they like for dinner?), then it's okay to use "hopefully". http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/hopefully.aspx?commentid=16050#Comments http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/hopefully.aspx?commentid=16050#Comments Tue, 10 Mar 2009 02:55:52 GMT Randy Tayler grammar Oh, GREAT. This never bothered me before, but now that I've read it, I'm always going to analyze my speech and writing to see if I'm modifying a verb with it. http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/hopefully.aspx?commentid=15962#Comments http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/hopefully.aspx?commentid=15962#Comments Mon, 02 Mar 2009 16:05:44 GMT Anthony grammar My personal opinion is that using 'Hopefully' instead of 'I hope' sounds more passive and less formal. Personally, I think it's perfectly acceptable, depending on context. http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/hopefully.aspx?commentid=15419#Comments http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/hopefully.aspx?commentid=15419#Comments Tue, 20 Jan 2009 17:42:51 GMT Gokuaf grammar Yeah! GRAMMAR IS SCHOOL! http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/hopefully.aspx?commentid=14803#Comments http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/hopefully.aspx?commentid=14803#Comments Thu, 20 Nov 2008 00:42:38 GMT Vicky grammar Can you start a sentence with an ing verb. Here is an examples. I am in a battle with my boss. Forming distinct representations of contexts, places and possibly events is a crucial function of the hippocampus. Thank you so much for your opinion. http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/hopefully.aspx?commentid=13908#Comments http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/hopefully.aspx?commentid=13908#Comments Mon, 15 Sep 2008 21:32:00 GMT Don grammar In Spanish there is a great word: "ojalá" Ojalá is an interesting word. It's usually translated "I hope" or "I wish" and is followed by a verb in the subjunctive. It doesn't need to be conjugated. It comes from the Arabic ua xa Alah or inshallah — it literally means "Oh, Allah." I guess "hopefully" has become the "ojalà" of English. http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/hopefully.aspx?commentid=13589#Comments http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/hopefully.aspx?commentid=13589#Comments Fri, 22 Aug 2008 18:12:34 GMT Tue, 11 Aug 2009 17:38:31 GMT http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/hopefully.aspx feedback@quickanddirtytips.com (Managing Editor) feedback@quickanddirtytips.com (Webmaster) en-us