Verb required with hope
Hi
Is the verb form or build natural with hope? Or any other?
(The speaker was never hopeful...)
We did work for three weeks, but hope never formed.
We did work for three weeks, but hope never built.
Thanks,
Tom
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I would not say that there is a standard pairing of a verb with "hope" in your context. Neither "formed" nor "built" sounds right, though. I might use "came" or "blossomed" (if I was feeling poetical) or "grew in my heart" (even more poetical) if the rest of the sentence must stay the way it is.
- I would not say that there is a standard pairing of a verb with "hope" in your context.
- Neither "formed" nor "built" sounds right, though.
- I might use "came" or "blossomed" (if I was feeling poetical) or "grew in my heart" (even more poetical) if the rest of the sentence must stay the way it is.
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I would not say that there is a standard pairing of a verb with "hope" in your context. Neither "formed" nor "built" sounds right, though. I might use "came" or "blossomed" (if I was feeling poetical) or "grew in my heart" (even more poetical) if the rest of the sentence must stay the way it is.
0Those sentences are not natural. The verb "exist" might work in the above context, but a better phrasing would be:
We did work together for three weeks, but there was (absolutely) no hope (whatsoever).
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