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Springmeans Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

hope, wish

Hi, all. I am wondering why I can't say 'I hoped~ ' or 'I wished~'.
I typed those words in google, but not man results came up.

If the action 'wish' happened in the past, should I say 'I had wished' instead of ' I wished'?

See the example.

-> I had wished to meet him. (But, I couldn't)
-> I wished to meet him.

Thanks you all.
  

Top answer

It is very common to use the simple past of wish and hope . Here are some examples with wish . I wished I hadn't flunked algebra in high school.

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  • It is very common to use the simple past of wish and hope .
  • Here are some examples with wish .
  • I wished I hadn't flunked algebra in high school.
  • Malcolm wished now he'd grabbed an energy bar from the trunk of his car.
  • The crew wished her a speedy recovery.
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It is very common to use the simple past of wish and hope.

Here are some examples with wish.
I wished I hadn't flunked algebra in high school.
Malcolm wished now he'd grabbed an energy bar from the trunk of his car.
The crew wished her a speedy recovery. I
The mother wished and even prayed that these enemies would decide to move on.
He wished he ha
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Thank you so much for your time and sharing your knowledge.

Do you mind if I ask you another question regarding wish/hope?

*You use 'wish' when it comes to less realistic to be the truth whereas 'hope' is more realistic situation?
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Wish is used with "would/could" clauses
I wish I could fly.
I wish that the economy would improve so that everyone could get a good job.
I wish I would win the million dollar lottery. (I don't waste my money buying lottery tickets.)

Hope is used with will/can clauses:
I hope I will win the lottery. (I bought 1000 tickets.)
I hope that Mary
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Thanks for your reply.

So what you mean is,
as long as 'wish' is used with 'would/could' and 'hope' is used with 'will/can', they mean the same?

I wish I could fly. = I hope I can fly.
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I wish I could fly. = I wish I were a bird.

I hope I can fly. = I hope that there will be seats available on the plane to New York so I won't have to drive the 1000 miles.
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Basically, 'hope' refers to a reasonable future possibility, so it takes an indicate verb ('I hope I will be able to go to Hawaii this year'), while 'wish' is used for dreams unlikely to be realized ('I wish I could travel a lot more'), so it takes a subjunctive verb form.
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Awesome. Thanks for giving me a wonderful explanation. Very clear!
Thanks all the time!
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