Hucky
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- Feb 15, 2011
- Member Type
- English Teacher
- Native Language
- German
- Home Country
- Switzerland
- Current Location
- Switzerland
Hiya,
Please consider the following sentence:
1) I hope you are feeling better soon.
The subordinate clause is in the present continuous tense with future reference. What I cannot see, however, is why this tense has been chosen in the complement. The thing is that the present continuous signifies an arranged future, and that is the problem: How can one or more people arrange the recovery by way of hoping for it? I would have expected instead the present simple or the will future in the subordinate clause:
2) I hope you feel better soon.
3) I hope you will feel better soon.
Does anyone have a clue? (I hope you do, it will make me feel better.)
Hucky
Please consider the following sentence:
1) I hope you are feeling better soon.
The subordinate clause is in the present continuous tense with future reference. What I cannot see, however, is why this tense has been chosen in the complement. The thing is that the present continuous signifies an arranged future, and that is the problem: How can one or more people arrange the recovery by way of hoping for it? I would have expected instead the present simple or the will future in the subordinate clause:
2) I hope you feel better soon.
3) I hope you will feel better soon.
Does anyone have a clue? (I hope you do, it will make me feel better.)
Hucky