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Lucas21c Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

Hope/wish/want

Could you tell me what are the differences among 'hope,' 'wish,' and 'want' in the following sentence?
Also, I'd like to know which one sounds more polite (because I feel like 'I want to ~' sounds a little bit rude.)

I hope/wish/want to know by when you can come back.
  

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lucas21c Could you tell me what the differences are between 'hope', 'wish,' and 'want' in the following sentence? The sentence isn’t natural. We would just ask When can you come back?

— RandomGuy

  • lucas21c Could you tell me what the differences are between 'hope', 'wish,' and 'want' in the following sentence?
  • The sentence isn’t natural.
  • We would just ask When can you come back?
  • This is polite enough.
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lucas21cCould you tell me what the differences are between 'hope', 'wish,' and 'want' in the following sentence?
The sentence isn’t natural. We would just ask When can you come back? This is polite enough.
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If so, how about this?

I hope/wish/want to drink a glass of water.

Are there any differences among them?
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lucas21cAre there any differences between them?
They are all odd, I’m afraid. If you’re ordering a glass of water, say something like I would like a glass of water, please or Can I please have a glass of water?

As for the differences between hope, wish, and want, I r
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