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The Hope

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00Just a thought. What if the author put "the" before "hope"? Does that create a nuance?01blockquote
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10Roseann, a stay-at-home mom, and Joe, a public school custodian in West Babylon, New York, had longed for a second child after their son Anthony was born. But they had almost given up 11b11i10hope12i12b10 after two years of trying to get pregnant and a devastating miscarriage. "When we first found out I was pregnant, we didn't want to get too excited because so many things can go wrong with triplets," Roseann explains.12br
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10Any and all comments would be appreciated.02br
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00Best,02br
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0 It wouldn't be correct. You can say 01b 01i 00the hope of 02i 02b 00something (for example, the hope of having a baby) but this would be awkward in this sentece because there is an 'of' in the following clause (two years of trying). This sentence uses hope in a broader sense, where the context makes it clear that what they hope for is a child.

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  • 0 It wouldn't be correct.
  • You can say 01b 01i 00the hope of 02i 02b 00something (for example, the hope of having a baby) but this would be awkward in this sentece because there is an 'of' in the following clause (two years of trying).
  • This sentence uses hope in a broader sense, where the context makes it clear that what they hope for is a child.
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0 It wouldn't be correct. You can say 01b01i00the hope of 02i02b00something (for example, the hope of having a baby) but this would be awkward in this sentece because there is an 'of' in the following clause (two years of trying). This sentence uses hope in a broader sense, where the context makes it clear that what they hope for is a child. 0-
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0Hi.02br
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00They "had longed for a second baby" (from the sentence right before where "hope" is used).02br
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00Wouldn't anyone use "the" to refer to that wish, if that's what s/he means?02br
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00Hiro/ Sendai, Japan0-
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