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Grammar

Specially or especially

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0 Hello Guest 02br 02br 00I'm a mere learner of English from Japan, but please allow me to put my two cents to your question. 02br 02br 00'Specially' has basically two senses: 02br 00(1) to an exceptional degree (exceptionally) 02br 00 (EX) Today it is not a specially hot day 02br 00 (EX) The hotel was clean but the food was not specially good. 02br 00 (EX) He knows some English but he is not specially good at English speaking.

— Paco2004

  • 0 Hello Guest 02br 02br 00I'm a mere learner of English from Japan, but please allow me to put my two cents to your question.
  • 02br 02br 00'Specially' has basically two senses: 02br 00(1) to an exceptional degree (exceptionally) 02br 00 (EX) Today it is not a specially hot day 02br 00 (EX) The hotel was clean but the food was not specially good.
  • 02br 00 (EX) He knows some English but he is not specially good at English speaking.
  • 02br 00(2) in particular.
  • 02br 00In this sense, we can use 'especially' (it is more colloquial) as an alternative of 'specially'.
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0 Hello Guest 02br
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00I'm a mere learner of English from Japan, but please allow me to put my two cents to your question. 02br
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0I don't notice such a distinct difference myself, Paco; I think of 'specially' primarily as a less formal form of 'especially', and I avoid the former in writing; otherwise, the meanings overlap almost completely. The Columbia Guide offers an interesting discussion: 02br
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0 Hello MrMic 02br
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00After reading your message, I relearned about especially/specially and noticed I had been completely wrong. If you hadn't corrected me, I'd have continued to misunderstand that usage. Thank you for the corection, as always. 02br
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