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Quick Tip - specially vs especially

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Fri, 04/03/2009 - 00:06 — Chris McCarthy

Take a look at the following sentences. Which one do you think is right?

"I got home especially late yesterday."

"I got home specially late yesterday."

Especially is used to give us more information about verbs, adverbs and adjective. It means 'particularly / exceptionally' or, to keep it simple, 'very'. Specially should not be used in this context unless you are speaking in a very informal / casual situation.

"I baked this cake especially for you."

"Marcus wrote an especially good essay."

"He took an especially cautious attitude to the task"

" A lot of people suffered in the heatwave, especially the children and the elderly."


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Comments

Fri, 04/03/2009 - 08:20 — xpolstarekx

:)

Thank you Smile nice as usual Smile
I like this site especially the section of Eglish lessons Smile

Sat, 04/04/2009 - 03:30 — borja710

hi

I think they are both correct. But I am much using 'specially'.

Anyway this is a fantastic site.

Wed, 05/20/2009 - 05:49 — mgmahal

Hello

Hello how about this? I am Generous especialy to my family/ or Specialy to my Family? which one is Correct?Please help me Sad i am curious

Fri, 04/03/2009 - 16:56 — Yura

don't use it:)

So, as I've understood , specially is a colloqual word. I don't use it:)

Sat, 04/25/2009 - 17:05 — farmernat

i will use especially

i will use especially

Sat, 06/13/2009 - 12:43 — Aneeqa

especially vs specially

Thanks for the explanation and the examples. I wasn't so sure about these words before.