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    Default hope all your goals are vs will be achived

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    a) Hope all your goals are achieved.
    b) Hope all your goals will be achieved.


    Both sounds right grammatically, but A) is the norm, right?

    Thanks in advance.

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    Default Re: hope all your goals are vs will be achived

    No. In my opinion, B is more natural.
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    Default Re: hope all your goals are vs will be achived

    When I did google search for both, A) came up way more.

    I must admit B) sounded more grammatically natural to me.

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    Default Re: hope all your goals are vs will be achived

    Quote Originally Posted by vcolts View Post
    ex:

    a) Hope all your goals are achieved.
    b) Hope all your goals will be achieved.


    Both sounds right grammatically, but A) is the norm, right?

    Thanks in advance.
    Personally, I would be inclined to use (a).
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    Default Re: hope all your goals are vs will be achived

    I think both are fine.
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    Default Re: hope all your goals are vs will be achived

    Quote Originally Posted by billmcd View Post
    Personally, I would be inclined to use (a).
    Me too.
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    Default Re: hope all your goals are vs will be achived

    I find a) more natural.
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    Default Re: hope all your goals are vs will be achived

    COCA has 112 examples of 'hope your noun + verb, present tense' and 24 of 'hope your noun + will'
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