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Synonym Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Hopefully

Hopefully one day we can/will/should/would/could meet in person.

Hopefully we can/will/should/would/could meet up in person one day.

Is the above 2 sentences ok? Does here hopefully means 'for sure'. Please explain the differences in bold words.

Thanks in advance.
  

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Synonym Does here hopefully means 'for sure'. No. It just means that you hope to meet in person.

— CalifJim

  • Synonym Does here hopefully means 'for sure'.
  • No.
  • It just means that you hope to meet in person.
  • You look forward to the possibility of a meeting, but you are not sure that it will ever happen.
  • There are only two of your choices that are very idiomatic.
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SynonymDoes here hopefully means 'for sure'.
No. It just means that you hope to meet in person. You look forward to the possibility of a meeting, but you are not sure that it will ever happen.

There are only two of your choices that are very idiomatic. will and can.

will marks the future. can = will be able
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Thanks Mr. Califjim

I just wanted to know which word should be used if I want to mean it as 'for sure' rather than 'surely' in place of 'hopefully' in that sentence.
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SynonymI just wanted to know which word should be used if I want to mean it as 'for sure' rather than 'surely' in place of 'hopefully' in that sentence.
You can use "surely" instead of "hopefully" in any of the following ways:

One day we will surely meet in person.

We will surely meet in person one day.

Surely we wil
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