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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Tenses after "pray" and "hope"

Hi. Please help. I think we can generally use the bare infinitive and future tense after the word "pray" and "hope." But how about the use of the modal verb "would" after them?

I pray you get into a good college/you will get into a good college/would get into a good college.

I hope you get into a good college/you will get into a good college/would get into a good college.

  

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But how about the use of the modal verb "would" after them? No. get - OK will get - OK would get - No.

— CalifJim

  • But how about the use of the modal verb "would" after them?
  • No.
  • get - OK will get - OK would get - No.
  • I [pray ed / hope d ] you would get ...
  • OK.
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But how about the use of the modal verb "would" after them?

No.

get - OK

will get - OK

would get - No.

I [prayed / hoped] you would get ... OK.

CJ
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Hi. Thank you. I searched the phrase "I hope you would" in the Google Book Search and got 4,090,000 hits and also searched the phrase "I pray you would" there (Google Book Search) and got 456,000 hits. How do you see (interpret) the numbers? Thank you in advance.
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