RE: "and then," or simply "then"?

["Downing, David" <DavidDowning -at- users -dot- com>]

I think this is another one of those cases of linguistic drift vs.
linguistic corruption. These days, it seems okay to just use the "then"
by itself with a comma, and thus treat "then" as if it were a
conjunction rather than an adverb. And I must confess, this one doesn't
bother me as much as the lay/lie thing.

I  am reminded of a professor back in library school who absolutely
refused to accept the use of "hopefully" as anything other than an
adverb. He felt that the sentence, "Hopefully, we'll get there by noon,"
was wrong, and most people accept that usage today.
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