Usage of Especially
Dear Teachers,
Please let me ask you about the sentence below.
"The actress was wearing an especially designed costume and
attracted everybody's attention."
I believe this sentence is perfect both in word usage and in
grammar, but it sounds somewhat strange to me - it does
not sit well with me, because of "especially designed."
Replacing the expression with "specially designed" would
sound better, but to be true, I myself do not know why.
So I was just wondering if it might sound natural to
native English speakers. I would be obliged if you should
let me know what you would think?
Ray
Top answer
Right, it should be "specially designed". g. "This is an especially fine wine", which in your sentence is not the meaning that is required.
- Right, it should be "specially designed".
- g.
- "This is an especially fine wine", which in your sentence is not the meaning that is required.
- It is not impossible for "especially" to mean "in a special or specific manner", but this is not usual when "especially" directly modifies an adjective.
- I can't think of any good examples, in fact.
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Right, it should be "specially designed". "especially" most often means "particularly", or "to a great extent", e.g. "This is an especially fine wine", which in your sentence is not the meaning that is required. It is not impossible for "especially" to mean "in a special or specific manner", but this is not usual when "especially" directly modifies an adjective. I can't think of any good examp
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