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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)

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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)

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