Good advice from the Beatles!

Good advice here, especially at this time of the year. Hehe…

They said it all, or perhaps I should say: they sang it all!

Did you like it? Does this help you?

This post was specially put together keeping each one of you in mind

Now, high above I said especially, and now I’m saying specially? What’s the difference?

Especially and specially can often both be used with the same meaning.

It was (e)specially cold.

Especially is often used to mean ‘above all’.

We play a lot of tennis, especially on Sundays.

The children are very noisy, especially when we have visitors.

I like all kinds of fruit, especially apples.

We prefer especially before prepositions and conjunctions.

We go swimming quite a lot, especially in January.

I drink a lot of coffee, especially when I’m working.

Specially is used with a past participle to mean ‘for a particular purpose’.

These shoes were specially made for me.

The song was specially written for his birthday.

So to summarize it all:

From Practical English Usage, Michael Swan.

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