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Newguest Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

hope/wish they lose

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00I know it's OK to say: I wish they lose OR I hope they lose.02br
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00Is it also alright to write/say: I wish they could lose/I wish they would lose. Will these mean the same as the first two above?02br
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02br 00"Hope" is used alone. I hope they will arrive on time; they are hoping I'll graduate with honors. ] 0-

— Philip

  • 02br 00"Hope" is used alone.
  • I hope they will arrive on time; they are hoping I'll graduate with honors.
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0 "Wish" is used with "would": I wish he would just shut up; I wish they would arrive on time for a change.02br
00"Hope" is used alone. I hope they will arrive on time; they are hoping I'll graduate with honors. ["that" is optional.] 0-
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0thanks Philip!0-
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0Remember these combinations when talking about what may occur in the future:02br
01i00hope ... will ('ll)02i02br
01i00wish ... would ('d)02i02br
00With 01i00hope02i00, you can also use the present with future meaning. In many cases, this can be even better.02br
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0CJ, I suffer from the same problem. 02br
00I don't know whether to use hope/ wish most of the time.02br
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00Does wish imply that what you desire is harder to realize?02br
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00I wish I were Bill Gates.02br
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00I hope I'll be a CEO.0-
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01cite10New2grammar12cite10Does wish imply that what you desire is harder to realize?12blockquote
10 Yes. Wishes are more "fanciful" perhaps, and less likely to come true. "If wishes were horses, beggars would ride."02br
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00The syntactic and semantic properties of 01i00hope02i
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0I'll do that. Thanks, CJ.0-
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11i10I wish they would lose.12i12br
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10I conclude that: 11b10I wish they could lose12b10 is rather incorrect?12br
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01cite10Newguest12cite10I conclude that: 11b10I wish they could lose12b10 is rather incorrect?12blockquote
10 Yes. It means that you wish they 01u00would be able02u00 to lose. Losing isn't something a person (or team) needs any ability for, so the whole concept is anomal
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