'In hopes of doing something...' OR 'In the hope of doing something'?

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Mehrgan

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Hi all,

Are both choices correct? Is there any difference in meaning? (I think I'd once read the first one is more common in AmE.)
 

Charlie Bernstein

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Both are correct and common and mean the same thing in American English. I doubt that one is more common than the other.
 
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