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Hendy Gunawan Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
Please help me to explain this
Hi guys, I tried to fill in some english online exercises and I found this tricky question :
We have ___ him to be more careful in everything.
a. suggested
b. hoped
c. proposed
d. expected
answer : d
why is the answer 'd' ?
thanks before.
We have ___ him to be more careful in everything.
a. suggested
b. hoped
c. proposed
d. expected
answer : d
why is the answer 'd' ?
thanks before.
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Hi, Hendy Gunawan. Welcome to the Forum. Only d .
- Hi, Hendy Gunawan.
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- Only d .
- will work here.
- Both suggested and proposed would require to after them in order to make sense.
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Hi, Hendy Gunawan. Welcome to the Forum.
Only d. will work here.
Both suggested and proposed would require to after them in order to make sense.
Hoped would require the sentence structure to be changed to something like We had hoped he would be more careful in everything.
Only d. will work here.
Both suggested and proposed would require to after them in order to make sense.
Hoped would require the sentence structure to be changed to something like We had hoped he would be more careful in everything.
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Welcome to the Forums!
We have suggested to him to be more careful in everything. (suggested requires "to")
We have hoped (that) he would be more careful in everything. (hope requires a that-clause)
We have proposed to him that he be more careful in everything. (proposed also requires "to", and a that-clause. In this case the verb in the dependent clause woul
We have suggested to him to be more careful in everything. (suggested requires "to")
We have hoped (that) he would be more careful in everything. (hope requires a that-clause)
We have proposed to him that he be more careful in everything. (proposed also requires "to", and a that-clause. In this case the verb in the dependent clause woul
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Thanks for the answers. It helps a lot. But, there's something I'd like to ask about Hoped. In the sentence "We had/have hoped he would be more careful in everything.", I don't quite understand. Do we use 'had' or 'have' ? and also could I change the sentence to present tense ? Such as "We have hoped he will be more careful in everythin
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We had hoped .... (Hope is completely abandoned.)
We have hoped ... (This is much less common. It implies that you have not quite given up hoping yet.)
Will is OK after 'hope" (the present), because it is speaking of future actions:
We hope he will be more careful next time.
In the past, "would" is "will" in the past, speaking of future actions after some i
We have hoped ... (This is much less common. It implies that you have not quite given up hoping yet.)
Will is OK after 'hope" (the present), because it is speaking of future actions:
We hope he will be more careful next time.
In the past, "would" is "will" in the past, speaking of future actions after some i
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Thank you, AlpheccaStars. It's cleared now. My today lesson, there are so many verbs that have its own structure in sentences. It'll take time for me to grasp all the verbs, such as above one (expected, proposed, suggested, hoped).
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