例如:
Hopefully,heJll return soon,
相當(dāng)于 It is hoped that…，I hope that…，I am hopeful that…等句型。
類似的還有：
He is reportedly a billionaire.
Obviously? you didn’t read it.
Surprisingly f their books were received enthusiastically by the public and were widely read.

又如：
Frankly, I don't think the plan will succeed.
相當(dāng)于 If I can speak frankly, frankly還用于下列結(jié)構(gòu)：
介詞短語:in all frankness ；
不定式分句：to be quite frank with you ； to speak frankly；to put it frankly；
-ing 分詞分句：frankly speaking；putting it frankly；
(2)動詞不定式to的省略 不帶to不定式作表語：
What he did was just help.
The only thing he can do now is divorce her.
All we say to this man is change your clothes.
The best he could do was remain silent.
不帶to不定式作賓語：
I mean help yourself.
You mean have my hair cut?
I said wear it.
不帶to不定式作狀語
Go be a secretary in some office.
Come meet the guy anyway.
He helped me do the work.
Go see；come meet這種用法并非始于今日，只是于今更趨普遍罷了。
有時還有這樣句子：
Can I come in watch Miss Morrison nurse her kid?
Come on get a bear,
還可見到在look，run，stop等不及物動詞后面不用to:
You get ready to run tell your brother.
It makes people stop look and listen.
還可以見到不帶to不定式作主語：
Turn off the tap was all I did.