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Musicgold Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

Hopeful to / hopeful of

Hi,



The following #1 sentence is by a native English speaker. I don’t like the ‘hopeful to’ construction. #2 is mine. Is #2 okay?



1. Management is hopeful to begin deploying its assets early next year.



2. Management is hopeful of beginning to deploy its asset early next year.



Thanks,



MG.
  

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'hopes to' sound much better to me. #1 sounds really bad, #2 sounds, well I'm not sure. It looks like it could be right, but I'm not a grammatarian...

— Metal.carratt

  • 'hopes to' sound much better to me.
  • #1 sounds really bad, #2 sounds, well I'm not sure.
  • It looks like it could be right, but I'm not a grammatarian...
  • * Management hopes to begin deploying its assets early next year.
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'hopes to' sound much better to me. #1 sounds really bad, #2 sounds, well I'm not sure. It looks like it could be right, but I'm not a grammatarian...

* Management hopes to begin deploying its assets early next year.
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Sorry, #2 would sound better as "Management is hopeful of beginning deployment of its assest early next year". According to Macmillian dictionary, "hopeful of" looks okay... http://www.macmillandictionary.com/dictionary/bri
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metal.carratt* Management hopes to begin deploying its assets early next year.

Yes, I agree completely.

But what are "its assets"? Management's assets? Or the company's assets?
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