Type of usage.
I think the horse will race well, hopefully better than before.
He opened the box, carefully cutting around the edges.
I think the horse will race well, and hopefully better than before.
Why doesn't a conjunction work with the other adverb?
You can switch it to: and carefully cut around the edges.
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panda blue 483 Why doesn't a conjunction work with the other adverb? It isn't anything to do with the adverb. In "He opened the box, carefully cutting around the edges", the part after the comma is a participle phrase, and according to the rules of English, we do not link these with "and".
- panda blue 483 Why doesn't a conjunction work with the other adverb?
- It isn't anything to do with the adverb.
- In "He opened the box, carefully cutting around the edges", the part after the comma is a participle phrase, and according to the rules of English, we do not link these with "and".
- "I think the horse will race well, hopefully better than before" is faintly questionable, but probably would be widely accepted.
- In very careful writing, the comma would be better as a dash, in my opinion.
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panda blue 483Why doesn't a conjunction work with the other adverb?
It isn't anything to do with the adverb. In "He opened the box, carefully cutting around the edges", the part after the comma is a participle phrase, and according to the rules of English, we do not link these with "and".
"I think the horse will race well, hopefully better than before
0panda blue 483He opened the box, carefully cutting around the edges.
This sentence consists of a main clause and a participle clause.
The semantic relationship between a participle clause and the main clause it accompanies is very seldom a simple "and". Here it's saying He cut around the edges carefully while he opened the box. (It's not sayi
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