The Archive · 1940

Word Usage

*Specially" and Especially To the Editor of the "Norm-China Daly NEWS"

Sm;—Coüld any of your readers enlighten my mind as to the differ ence between the usage of "specially and "especially." I have consulted Several dictionaries but have mot found any dissimilarity in their meaning. Could any one of the two be used to mean "particularly"? since 1st quality meat is practically unobtainable in the smaller butcheries and not many can afford to patronize the compradore shops and pay double prices or take up the sport of going every morning to the market where one can have a choice.

Qvo Vants. Shanghai, Feb. 21

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