Especially means ‘Particularly’
Specially means 'for particular purpose'.
Q) I have brought these flowers, ................ (Specially or Especially?)
for you.
Q) I have brought you some .................. (specially/Especially)
grown up flowers for you
Answer: You should choose ‘Specially’ in this case because
‘specially’ is used with an adjective’s past participle form. Such as Specially
Designed/Trained/Built etc. specially means for a particular purpose, here the
purpose is to present the flower to a person.
Now, let me present you with some examples from the book
Specially
- The stadium was built specially for Olympic Games.
- The Police use specially-trained dogs to search for drugs.
Especially
- There’s been a lot of flooding, especially in the south.
- I especially liked the big balcony.
The core concepts of the Above piece has been derived from 'Common Mistakes at Proficiency' by Julie Moore, Cambridge University Press
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