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Haddie Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

Hope of/for

What's the difference between hope for and hope of?
As in, there's no hope of/for a recovery.
  

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As in, there's no hope of/for a recovery. No difference in that example. "Of" and "for" are both common.

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  • As in, there's no hope of/for a recovery.
  • No difference in that example.
  • "Of" and "for" are both common.
  • Many times they are interchangeable.
  • Here are a couple of examples where that is not the case: We will just play our game and hope for the best.
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HaddieWhat's the difference between hope for and hope of?As in, there's no hope of/for a recovery.
No difference in that example. "Of" and "for" are both common. Many times they are interchangeable. Here are a couple of examples where that is not the case:

We will just play our game and hope for the best. (You can't use "of" here.)
We'd
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