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#confusing_words 🔘Hopefully / Thankfully 🔘
▪️You can say hopefully about something you want to happen (but you do not know if
it will happen or not).
▪️Say thankfully about an established fact.
▪️Both “hopefully” and “thankfully” can be used in the past, present, or future – but
thankfully is about confirmed facts and hopefully is about unconfirmed facts:
▫️Future:
➖Hopefully, this project will be finished by the end of the month. (= I’m not sure if it will be finished by the end of the month or not, but I want it
to).
➖ Thankfully, this project will be finished by the end of the month. (= The project will definitely be finished by that time).
▫️Present:
➖Hopefully, there isn’t a long line at the bank. (= I am not yet at the bank, so I don’t know if the line is long or not)
➖ Thankfully, there isn’t a long line at the bank. (= I am at the bank now, and I can see that the line is not long).
▫️Past:
➖ Hopefully, George got home safely last night. (= I don’t know if he got home safely or not)
➖Thankfully, George got home safely last night. (= I know for a fact that George is OK – perhaps he called me and confirmed it)
BY English From Zero to Hero
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