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by ket_gmat » Mon Sep 15, 2008 5:42 am
HI its not SC question but about wordy error.
Does these sentences style make right meaning?

1. .....hopefully will enable.......

2. ......would hopefully enable....

3. .......hopefully might enable .......
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by niraj_a » Mon Sep 15, 2008 5:45 am
option 3 is clearly an incorrect construction because of redundancy - hopefully and might indicate the same idea.

option 1 and 2 could be correct dependent on the context of the rest of the sentence.

generally i have found that hopefully itself is a weak word to use in gmat land.
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by goelmohit2002 » Wed Jun 24, 2009 1:04 pm
niraj_a wrote:option 3 is clearly an incorrect construction because of redundancy - hopefully and might indicate the same idea.

option 1 and 2 could be correct dependent on the context of the rest of the sentence.

generally i have found that hopefully itself is a weak word to use in gmat land.
Reopening an old thread....have fellow beatthegmat members found any exceptions where Hopefully was correct in SC question.
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by Domnu » Wed Jun 24, 2009 2:03 pm
People usually use "it is hoped" instead of "hopefully."
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by goelmohit2002 » Wed Jun 24, 2009 5:25 pm
Domnu wrote:People usually use "it is hoped" instead of "hopefully."
But what GMAT likes....???? :-) can someone please tell....?

Is it incorrect to use hopefully in GMAT or there are some specific cases in which hopefully is correct too.
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by Domnu » Wed Jun 24, 2009 7:28 pm
goelmohit2002 wrote:
Domnu wrote:People usually use "it is hoped" instead of "hopefully."
But what GMAT likes....???? :-) can someone please tell....?

Is it incorrect to use hopefully in GMAT or there are some specific cases in which hopefully is correct too.
Yeah, that's what I mean. The GMAT prefers "it is hoped" to "hopefully." I've encountered such questions in the past few days.
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by goelmohit2002 » Wed Jun 24, 2009 11:49 pm
Thanks.

Does it mean that "Hopefully is always wrong" in GMAT ? or there are any exceptions....Basically which one to follow when Hopefully is there in the option
1. Kick it out immediately.
2. Look for other errors and in case of tie then only use Hopefully to eliminate.
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by Domnu » Thu Jun 25, 2009 4:42 am
goelmohit2002 wrote:Thanks.

Does it mean that "Hopefully is always wrong" in GMAT ? or there are any exceptions....Basically which one to follow when Hopefully is there in the option
1. Kick it out immediately.
2. Look for other errors and in case of tie then only use Hopefully to eliminate.
Well generally, I would always go with option #2 regardless of what is written (unless there is some blatant error). But for the most part, use #1.
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