Especially or specially? from English Grammar Today
from English Grammar Today
Especially and specially are adverbs.
Especially means particularly or above all: Especially means particularly or above all:
She loves flowers, especially roses.
I am especially grateful to all my family and friends who supported me.
Not: Especially I am
We use specially to talk about the specific purpose of something:
This kitchen was specially designed to make it easy for a disabled person to use.
He has his shirts made specially for him by a tailor in London.
Especially can also be used to mean for a particular purpose:
I bought these (e)specially for you.
OXFORD
Usage
There is some overlap in the uses of especially and specially. In the broadest terms, both
words mean particularly and the preference for one word over the other is linked with
particular conventions of use rather than with any deep difference in meaning. For
example, there is little to choose between written especially for Jonathan and written
specially for Jonathan and neither is more correct than the other. On the other hand, in
sentences such as he despised them all, especially Sylvester, substitution of specially is
found in informal uses but should not be used in written English, while in the car was
specially made for the occasion substitution of especially is somewhat unusual. Overall,
especially is by far the commoner of the two, occurring twenty times as frequently as
specially in the Oxford English Corpus
Especially or specially?
Especially and specially are adverbs.
She loves flowers, especially roses.
I am especially grateful to all my family and friends who supported me.
Not: Especially I am
We use specially to talk about the specific purpose of something:
This kitchen was specially designed to make it easy for a disabled person to use.
He has his shirts made specially for him by a tailor in London.
Especially can also be used to mean for a particular purpose:
I bought these (e)specially for you.
OXFORD
Usage
There is some overlap in the uses of especially and specially. In the broadest terms, both
words mean particularly and the preference for one word over the other is linked with
particular conventions of use rather than with any deep difference in meaning. For
example, there is little to choose between written especially for Jonathan and written
specially for Jonathan and neither is more correct than the other. On the other hand, in
sentences such as he despised them all, especially Sylvester, substitution of specially is
found in informal uses but should not be used in written English, while in the car was
specially made for the occasion substitution of especially is somewhat unusual. Overall,
especially is by far the commoner of the two, occurring twenty times as frequently as
specially in the Oxford English Corpus
Especially or specially? from English Grammar Today
Especially and specially are adverbs.
Especially means particularly or above all: Especially means particularly or above all:
She loves flowers, especially roses.
I am especially grateful to all my family and friends who supported me.
Not: Especially I am
We use specially to talk about the specific purpose of something:
This kitchen was specially designed to make it easy for a disabled person to use.
He has his shirts made specially for him by a tailor in London.
Especially can also be used to mean for a particular purpose:
I bought these (e)specially for you.
OXFORD
Usage
There is some overlap in the uses of especially and specially. In the broadest terms, both
words mean particularly and the preference for one word over the other is linked with
particular conventions of use rather than with any deep difference in meaning. For
example, there is little to choose between written especially for Jonathan and written
specially for Jonathan and neither is more correct than the other. On the other hand, in
sentences such as he despised them all, especially Sylvester, substitution of specially is
found in informal uses but should not be used in written English, while in the car was
specially made for the occasion substitution of especially is somewhat unusual. Overall,
especially is by far the commoner of the two, occurring twenty times as frequently as
specially in the Oxford English Corpus
Especially or specially? from English Grammar Today
Especially and specially are adverbs.
She loves flowers, especially roses.
I am especially grateful to all my family and friends who supported me.
Not: Especially I am
We use specially to talk about the specific purpose of something:
This kitchen was specially designed to make it easy for a disabled person to use.
He has his shirts made specially for him by a tailor in London.
Especially can also be used to mean for a particular purpose:
I bought these (e)specially for you.
OXFORD
Usage
There is some overlap in the uses of especially and specially. In the broadest terms, both
words mean particularly and the preference for one word over the other is linked with
particular conventions of use rather than with any deep difference in meaning. For
example, there is little to choose between written especially for Jonathan and written
specially for Jonathan and neither is more correct than the other. On the other hand, in
sentences such as he despised them all, especially Sylvester, substitution of specially is
found in informal uses but should not be used in written English, while in the car was
specially made for the occasion substitution of especially is somewhat unusual. Overall,
especially is by far the commoner of the two, occurring twenty times as frequently as
specially in the Oxford English Corpus