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Englishisquiteaconfusinglanguagewhenitcomestocertainwordswhichhaveverysimilarmeaningsandmakesithardforthespeakersandwriterstodeterminewhentousewhichword.Amongthelistofthesewords, certainly and definitely definitelyfallandhavebeenconfusingpeoplesinceforever.Considertheexamplesbelow:
Heisdefinitelyintown,Isawhimthismorning.
Heiscertainlyintown,Isawhimthismorning.
Whichoftheabovetwosentencesiscorrect?Cancertainlyanddefinitelybeusedinterchangeably?Ifno,whatisthedifferencebetweenthetwo?Allthesequestionswillbeansweredinthisarticlewhichwillhighlightthemeaning,usageandexamplesofboththewords.
Origin:
ThewordcertainlyoriginatedfromMiddleEnglish:fromOldFrench,basedonLatincertus‘settled,sure’.Theworddefinitelyoriginatedinmid16thcentury:fromLatindefinitus‘defined,setwithinlimits’,pastparticipleofdefinire.
Certainlyasadverb:
CertainlyisusedasanadverbinEnglishlanguagewhereitmeanstoemphasizethespeaker'sbeliefthatwhatissaidistrue.
Theprestigiousaddresscertainlyaddstothefirm'sappeal.
Certainlyalsomeanstoindicatethatastatementismadeasaconcessionorcontrastedwithanother.
Ourcurrentrevenuesarecertainlylowerthananticipated.
Anotherusageofcertainlyistoexpresscompleteagreementwithsomethingthathasjustbeensaid.
‘Agoodidea,’sheagreed.‘Certainly!’
Definitelyasadverb:
DefinitelyisusedasanadverbinEnglishlanguagewhereitmeanswithoutdoubt(usedforemphasis).
Ishalldefinitelybeattheairporttomeetyou.
Definitelyalsomeansinadefinitemanner;clearly.
Wecouldn'tplantogoelsewhereuntilwehadheardfromyoumoredefinitely.
Examples:
Themotherdefinitelyhasloveforherchild.
AndtheNosedefinitelyturnedaway.(NikolaiGogol)
Heverilythoughthehadyounglivefrogsinhisbelly,quivivebantexalimentosuo,thatlivedbyhisnourishment,andwassocertainlypersuadedofit,thatformanyyearsfollowinghecouldnotberectifiedinhisconceit.
Sothiswasmyfuturehome,Ithought!Certainlyitmadeabravepicture.Ihadseensimilaronesfired-inonmanyaHeidelbergstein.
Thehighoilpricesarecertainlynotwholesomefortheeconomy,howcouldyouthinkotherwise?
Definitelyorcertainly:
Sowhatisthedifferencebetweenthetwoadverbs?Theyseemverysimilartoeachotherbutyoushouldknowthattheycan’talwaysbeusedinterchangeably.Theonlydifferencesareinthewriter'sintentwithinthecontextofasentenceorparagraph. Thinkofitintermsofansweringaquestion."Willyoucometoourpartythisweekend?"Definitely! "WillthehousebecleanbythetimeIgetback." Certainly. Also,theymightbechosenfordifferentlylevelsofcertainty.I'mdefinitelycomingtotheparty.EvenifIhavetomovesomeotherthingsaroundonmyschedule,Iwillmaketimetocometoyourparty. AndthehousewillbecleanedbythetimeIgethome,althoughthepersonsdoingthecleaningareguaranteeingitbutnotexcitedaboutthetask.
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