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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

Rather + hope

Which is correct here?

I rather I hope he won't come.

I rather hope he won't come.
  

Top answer

What an odd question. I rather hope he won't come.

— Mister Micawber

  • What an odd question.
  • I rather hope he won't come.
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What an odd question.

I rather hope he won't come.
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Not odd. I read it here and wondered whether it was a typo or an acceptable, if rare, form:

"Raspberry's column was bad, I mean ba-a-a-ad, in the Standard English sense, not the AAVE slang sense. The column was probably produced hastily, perhaps during what may have been a bibulous Christmas Day. I rather I hope he is ashamed of it."

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Ah. A typo. I've done the same: when one goes back to amend from 'I hope' to 'I rather hope', the other 'I' sometimes loiters unnoticed until too late.
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So not so odd a question as you previously thought. OK, thanks.
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Mister Micawber'I' sometimes loiters unnoticed until too late.
The dreaded loitering I! II hate it when that happens.
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