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Andyw12345 Posted 18 years ago
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0Hi guys,02br
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00If I said 'This essay will predominately look at XXX' that means my essay will focus mainly on XXX right?02br
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0Yes, mainly is a good synonym in most cases.0-
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0Thank you very much! - sorry, what does synonym mean? :-)0-
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0Andy! Use your dictionary!02br
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00101b00:02b00 one of two or more words or expressions of the same language that have the same or nearly the same meaning in some or all senses (05000)0230hrefhttp://www.m-w.comcwww.m-w.com
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0Thank you very much!!!0-
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0Hi,02br
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00'This essay will 01b00predominately 02b00look at ***'02br
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00I believe you may be thinking of the word 01b00'predomina01font00n02font00tly'02b00. These are two separate words, with different meanings.02br
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0I didn't even notice 05000, but once you called it to my attention, I looked them up. Although one source said to use predominate as the verb and predominant as the adjective and for the adverb form, at least two listed predominantly as a synonym of predominately. Is this a case of people misusing a word for so long that it becomes the accepted form? (A la "hopefully"?)010id10
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