Diary - Finally, it's 2024!

[Maybo]

This is an entry from my diary. Please check it and correct any mistakes.

Finally, it's 2024! I have yet to make any resolutions. Maybe I should complete the resolutions I made last year first. Last year, I hoped I could finish reading at least five books but unfortunately, I haven't finished any. I'm only halfway through one of the books. My second resolution was picking up Japanese study again, which I've successfully started and hope I can persist into next year.

 

[tedmc]

This is an entry from my diary. Please check it and correct any mistakes.

Finally, it's 2024! I have yet to make any resolutions. Maybe I should complete accomplish the resolutions I made last year first. Last year, I hoped I could finish reading at least five books, but unfortunately, I haven't finished any. I'm only halfway through one of the books. My second resolution was picking up Japanese study again, which I've successfully started and hope I can persist continue into next year.

 

[teechar]

Finally, it's 2024! I have yet to make any resolutions. Maybe I should complete (try to) keep the resolutions I made last year first. Last year, [ 1] I had hoped I could finish reading at least five books but unfortunately, I haven't finished any. I'm only halfway through one of the books. My second resolution was picking up the study of Japanese study again, which I've successfully started and I hope I can persist with it into next year.

[ 1]: Note that a resolution is a commitment to do something; it is much stronger than mere hope. Thus, you might say there "One of my resolutions from last year was to finish reading ... etc".

 

[Maybo]

[ 1]: Note that a resolution is a commitment to do something; it is much stronger than mere hope. Thus, you might say there "One of my resolutions from last year was to finish reading ... etc".

Does “I had hoped” suggest that I hoped something that last for a whole year?

 

[dunchee]

Does “I had hoped” suggest that I hoped something that last for a whole year?

No.

 

[Maybo]

No.

Why should I use "had hoped"?

 

[Tarheel]

@Maybo I don't know why you should use "had hoped" there. When you say you hoped something would happen that suggests that it didn't happen. If it had happened there would no reason to use "hoped". (See below.)

Abe: I hoped I would get to meet Mary while I was there.
Bob: Yes, I thought she would be there, but something came up at the last minute, and she wasn't able to make it.

 

[teechar]

Why should I use "had hoped"?

The "hoping" happened before the attempt to finish reading any book. Both were in the past.