2026-04-06 15:11 UTC
Would you use "hopefully" like this in a sentence:
Hopefully, the treaty will be ratified.
(I'm going to compare how people feel about this sentence today to an older survey that used the same sentence.)
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@ramsey@phpc.social 2026-04-06 15:16
@grammargirl@zirk.us I answered “yes,” but I hate it. In less conversational writing, I’d probably reword it to say “I hope the treaty will be ratified” because saying “I am hopeful the treaty will be ratified” just makes you sound like an awkward pedant. 😉