especially vs particularly
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00 Most correspondents interviewed concluded that St. Vincent is reactive to regional trends and is still strongly influenced by its western development partners, 01 i 01 u 00 particularly 02 u 00 as a member of the 02 i 00 . Or should I change it to "especially'? thanks. 0-
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0 To me, "particularly" narrows the field to which your statement applies. "Especially" means that whatever you're saying applies to a whole class of things, but applies to an even greater extent to the specified item or group. 02 br 02 br 00 As an aside, I think you should say what you mean more directly.
- 0 To me, "particularly" narrows the field to which your statement applies.
- "Especially" means that whatever you're saying applies to a whole class of things, but applies to an even greater extent to the specified item or group.
- 02 br 02 br 00 As an aside, I think you should say what you mean more directly.
- If you mean it's influenced by other members of the Commonwealth, perhaps find a way to say that.
- It seems very indirect.
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00 However, there are a lot of times where they can be used interchangeably: I'm not particularly/especially interested in who wins the Democratic nomination (that's a lie, by the way). 0-
0Iagree that maybe your sentence could be better cast--avoid adverbs--but the meaning is clear enough.
As for the two adverbs, let's add another: generally, (e)specially, particularly. The last two often are used as synonyms, but there is a difference.
A genus is a broad category; a species a narrow one or a subset of the genus. But both are classes or groups; both
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