using hopefully

[ket_gmat]

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 .......

[niraj_a]

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.

[goelmohit2002]

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.

[Domnu]

People usually use "it is hoped" instead of "hopefully."

[goelmohit2002]

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.

[Domnu]

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.

[goelmohit2002]

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.

[Domnu]

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.