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Osee Posted 19 years ago
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I was kinda hoping that ... or It was kinda hoped that ...

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00BTW, this actually is from the pilot of comedy series Friends as cited below. But I always feel that what I heard from the video is "It was kinda hoped that wouldn't be an issue ...", can you help me confirm this? Thanks a lot for your time!02br
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01font00Monica: Who wasn't invited to the wedding.02font02br
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01font00Rachel: Ooh, 01font00I was kinda hoping that wouldn't be an issue02font00... [Scene: Monica's Apartment, everyone is there and watching a Spanish Soap on TV and are trying to figure out what is going on.]02font0-
  

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0 01i 00I was 01b 00kind of02b 00 hoping 02i 02br 00 even more informal:02br 01i 00I was 01b 00kinda02b 00 hoping 02i 02br 0-

— Marius Hancu

  • 0 01i 00I was 01b 00kind of02b 00 hoping 02i 02br 00 even more informal:02br 01i 00I was 01b 00kinda02b 00 hoping 02i 02br 0-
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0 01i00I was 01b00kind of02b00 hoping 02i02br
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1i00Dear Marius,02i02br
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01i00Don't you think that "I was kinda hoping" is very person specific; this could be used to express what that individual is hoping. Whereas "It was kinda hoped that" is said when there is some consensus, when there is more than one person hoping for the same thing?02i02br
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01i00Let me
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0If you look at Rachel's sentence which precedes the ones written in the OP:02br
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01font00RACHEL: ... Anyway, I just had to get out of there, and I started wondering "Why am I doing this, and who am I doing this for?" So anyway I just didn't know where to go, and I know that you and I have kinda drifted apart, but you're the only person I knew w
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