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Christine Christie Posted 5 years ago
Grammar

Got in the hope

Is it sentence grammatical:


"When I heard that we were going to have a body guard, I got in hope of that it was going to be a big muscled man, but he couldn't further from that image."


Is it correct to say:


"... I got in the hope..."

  

Top answer

Christine Christie I got in hope of that it was ... No. Not grammatical.

— CalifJim

  • Christine Christie I got in hope of that it was ...
  • No.
  • Not grammatical.
  • It should be I hoped that it was ...
  • or maybe I began to hope that it was ...
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Christine ChristieI got in hope of that it was ...

No. Not grammatical. It should be I hoped that it was ... or maybe I began to hope that it was ... or I began hoping that it was ....

CJ

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Christine Christiebut he couldn't further from that image

Is "further" a verb in the clause above?

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