Is it correct to use Hope with Can?

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I hope you can be able to get the present that I sent to you very soon.

AlpheccaStars · Accepted Answer

I hope you will get the present that I sent to you very soon.

I hope you can come to my wedding party.
I hope you will be able to come to my wedding party.

Kouroshh · Answer

Thank you for your feedback. Is it also correct to say:

I hope I can recover from my illness very soon.

OR I should use (Will)?

AlpheccaStars · Answer

kouroshhI hope I can recover from my illness very soon.

There is a good chance that you will not recover soon.

Kouroshh · Answer

I did not understand your comment <img class='emoticon' style='Width:19px;Height:19px;' data-delaysrc='https://uat-englishforward-forums-backend.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/Emoticons/1.gif' src='https://uat-englishforward-forums-backend.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/Emoticons/1.gif' alt='Emotion: smile'/> My sentence was wrong?

AlpheccaStars · Answer

I hope I can recover soon. (It means that you are extremely sick, and have a long recovery ahead of you. There is a possibility that your recovery will take weeks, months or even years.)

I hope I will recover soon. (It means you have a cold or flu, and hope it will last only a day or two, instead of the usual week to 10 days.)

Kouroshh · Answer

You could not believe how much your feedback was important to me. During last 10 years, I was using a wrong structure. Now, I can see how different will become the meaning of the sentence by using wrong modal verbs together with Hope.

Is it correct to use Hope with Can?

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