Surely / Certainly 🤔В чем разница?

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There are two words in the English language which seem to be similar (of course there are much more of such words but still :)

My student had some difficulties choosing one of these words, so I decided to explain it not only to her. Maybe someone else has the same question. What is the difference between

CERTAINLY /SURELY

since the meanings are similar

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When we use the word "certainly" we want to tell people that something is true. we use the word "surely" to ask for people's agreement, to persuade them that something must be true or that there are good reasons for believing it.

So use "certainly" when you know that something has happened.
Use "surely" when it seems to be very probable and you believe it must be so.

eg. I certainly sent this parcel yesterday. (you know this is true cause you went to the post office and paid for that)

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Вот два слова, которые могут вызвать трудности в своем употреблении.

Конечно таких слов в английском языке намного больше, но сейчас я хочу рассмотреть именно эти слова.

Surely/Certainly

И то, и другое слово переводится на русский язык как несомненно, непременно, конечно

Но употреблять эти слова следует в разных контекстах, в разных предложениях.

К примеру,

Если вы точно знаете, что какое-то действие было совершено, и это точно является правдой, вам следует писать Certainly

Если же вы только думаете, что это должно быть так, то есть это просто ваше предположение, но никак не истина в последней инстанции, пишите surely.

Если разобрать подобные примеры на русском языке, то выйдет примерно так:

я несомненно отправил эту посылку вчера вечером.

То есть, вы ходили на почту, вы платили за эту услугу и, как ни крути, в кошельке денег меньше, посылки на руках нет, значит, это все правда. вот в этом случае надо писать... Правильно 😊 certainly

К этому времени моя мама несомненно получила эту посылку.

То есть, должно быть уже прошло достаточно времени для того, чтобы посылка дошла до адресата. И вы предполагает, что мама уже все получила, хотя наверняка вы-то и не знаете. Что здесь? Ну вот, вы все уже знаете 😊 surely

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My English is bad also ... but I can read and listen very well to what someone is talking about. But when I make text this is hard :)))

Practice makes perfect 😉

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I try to improve my English by watching, listening and reading. But I don't write and that is what I should also do. I'm just a bit lazy 😔

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Ah ... no ... Sam here :))) I bit lazy also :))

It's my sin

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Yes, I know that doing this is bad but I still do it:)

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