Categories Etymology Grammar Usage The “hopefully” wars Post author By Pat and Stewart Post date May 29, 2012 Listen to Pat and Bryan A. Garner duke it out on CBC Radio over the use of “hopefully” as a sentence adverb. Share this: Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) Tumblr Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email Click to print (Opens in new window) Print Tags English language, Etymology, Grammar, Linguistics, Usage ← Suspended animation → We’ll take Long Island and Staten Island too