especially ... / In particular, ...


especially の用法の間違いはしばしばみられる。"especially"は形容詞や副詞を修飾して、節全体を修飾しない。

It is especially important to ...

は正しいが、文のはじめで、「特に」という場合は、

In particular, ...

のように書き出さなければならない。

Many factors are known to be important for hurricanes. In particular, the atmospheric circulation was extraordinarily favorable during the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season for disturbances to develop into tropical storms.

Accurate forecasting of tropical cyclone intensity, especially in regions like the Gulf of Mexico where small-scale variability is prominent, may require near real-time upperocean measurements along the future paths of storms.