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"Evidently, apparently, obviously" How would range these in terms of their.. "evidentness"?
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28 de dic. de 2021 11:06
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"obviously" = все видят, что это правда
"evidently" , "apparently" = Это больше похоже на мнение, но мы также используем его, чтобы описать то, что произошло.
Например:
"Apparently, I forgot to charge my phone."
or
"Evidently, the criminal fell asleep in his car and was caught."
These words are often interchangeable, but this is how I separate them in my mind.
Good luck!
28 de diciembre de 2021
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Hello!
These words have very similar meanings. I would say "apparently" is the softest one, because it means the same as "seemingly". I could say: "Apparently she's got a new job now.", which means that it seems she has a new job, but we can't be fully sure it's true or not, it just seems like that.
I think "evidently" and "obviously" are synonyms, but "obviously" is much more commonly used and it's more colloquial. I don't think people use "evidently" in normal conversations. If we take the previous example, for contrast, and we say "Obviously/evidently she's got a new job now." it means that we are 100% sure that she has a new job, while when we said "apparently" we were only guessing.
I hope to have helped you!
28 de diciembre de 2021
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