We now support the modern usage of hopefully: it’s hoped, we hope. –Tweet from the AP Stylebook, April 19.
Sliding down that slippery slopefully
In the darkness, grasping gropefully
For a handhold or a rope. Fully
Cognizant and well aware
Of the power of despair.
It isn’t hope that springs eternal
Hope is doled out by the kernel
Watered by our soft nocturnal
Tears and shadowed by our sins.
Hopefully, the stylebook wins.
My grammarian’s heart flutters over this one. Thank you, Jerry.
Its already won the day
(apostrophes are held at bay)
APs impacted all our lives
Our language slashed with many knives.
“Incentivize” and “partner with”
We have become the kings of pith
Tasked with messaging that’s clear
We’re on a verbal new frontier.
Transitioning is always tough
And some of us will huff and puff,
Refuse to access coinage new
Remember its just like kudzu.