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Persian Learner Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

Hope + arrived?

Hi.
I hope you arrived safely.

Can a past form of a verb be used with hope? I thought the right verb should be wish, but I just saw the above sentence in my textbook.
  

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Would the meaning be the same if hope were replaced by wish?
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No - it would be ungrammatical.
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I wish you arrived safely.
Rover_KENo - it would be ungrammatical.
Is the above sentence ungrammatical?

And how the following two sentences differ in terms of meaning?

I hope you arrive safely.

I hope you arrived safely.
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1. You haven't left yet or you're in transit.

2. You should have arrived by now.
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Persian LearnerWould the meaning be the same if hope were replaced by wish?
There is some disagreement about this. Some people use the pattern I wish you arrived safely to mean that you do not regularly or usually arrive safely, but I wish you did. Other people say I wish you would arrive safely when they mean that. (The problem is that the wor
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