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Behnazzz Posted 21 years ago
Vocabulary

volunteer

the kibitzer is a person who volunteer useless information specialy in card games ,causing players to be prejudiced against him

does volunteer mean offer in this sentence?
  

Top answer

Yes indeed. But it should be "a person who volunteerS", and "specialLy"

— Pieanne

  • Yes indeed.
  • But it should be "a person who volunteerS", and "specialLy"
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7 Answers
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Yes indeed. But it should be "a person who volunteerS", and "specialLy"
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I think "specially" does exist, KHoff (at least in the hyperdictionary, I checked), but I may be wrong... Emotion: smile
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You're right, Pieanne, "specially" does exist, although personally I would use it a little differently than I would use "especially." Let's see if I can illustrate the difference (which might, of course, exist only in my own little mind). I would say "the chef prepared this dish especially (particularly, primarily) for you," but I would say "this dish was specially prepared (in a special, unusua
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Yes, I definitely agree with you.

Thank you.
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I'm gonna jump in with Khoff this time. Although I did pause over Merriam-Webster's no. 3 on 'specially':

Function: adverb
1 : in a http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=special manner <treated her friends specially>
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Yes, my mistake, the three of you are right, of course! Emotion: smile
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