Grammar Bomb: ALTERNATELY vs ALTERNATIVELY

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Grammar Bomb25.002_Alternately vs Alternatively

 

“We could go to San Diego, or alternatively,

we could go to Los Angeles.

We will then have our drivers

alternately switch sleeping and driving.”

 

alternately {adv} [THINK: one after the other]
alternatively {adv} [THINK: as another option or possibility]

 

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