Dana doesn't know the Non-errors

these are 2 clips from one episode of the aaron sorkin sit com Sports Night.

below is a section from the non-errors page that we use in the writing center

http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/nonerrors.html

Hopefully
This word has meant it is to be hoped for a very long time, and those who insist it can only mean in a hopeful fashion display more hopefulness than realism.

Momentarily
The plane will be landing momentarily says the flight attendant, and the grumpy grammarian in seat 36B thinks to himself, So were going to touch down for just a moment? Everyone else thinks, Just a moment now before we land. Back in the 1920s when this use of momentarily was first spreading on both sides of the Atlantic, one might have been accused of misusing the word; but by now its listed without comment as one of the standard definitions in most dictionaries.

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