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mm - 30 Jul 2008 22:50 GMT

There were no reports, thankfully, of any injuries.

It's not just hopefully anymore.

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for some reason, remove NOPSAM :-)

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Robert Lieblich - 30 Jul 2008 23:20 GMT

> There were no reports, thankfully, of any injuries.
>
> It's not just hopefully anymore.

It never was. Thankfully, Wnglish has had many -ly sentence verbs for
centuries.

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Regrettably, I must conclude this post

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joetaxpayer - 31 Jul 2008 00:52 GMT

>>There were no reports, thankfully, of any injuries.
>>
>>It's not just hopefully anymore.
>
> It never was. Thankfully, Wnglish has had many -ly sentence verbs for
> centuries.

Whom are we thanking? Every time I hear the word, I think 'fortunately'
would sound better.

Joe

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John Hall - 31 Jul 2008 02:06 GMT

> There were no reports, thankfully, of any injuries.

The injuries are quite acceptable, it's the reports of them that are so
distressing.

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Discussion Groups / English Usage / July 2008

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