[Grammar] hope vs wish

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kajang25

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i want to know what is the hope or wish in this sentence:

I hope I can visit my mother.
I wish I could visit my mother.


as what i know can visit and could visit is a verb then how about the wish and hope, what is their function?

kindly answer mu question. tnx
 

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Of course, verbs! They are the MAIN verbs of their sentences, while the other verb phrases are in subordinate clauses.
 

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(1) The teacher has already given you the answer. May I add a point?

(2) It might be easier for you to understand if you add the introductory word "that."

(a) I hope that I can visit my mother.

(i) In speech, we often leave out the "that."

(ii) In writing, it is a good idea to use it.

(iii) In analyzing a sentence, it helps if you remember that there is a "that."

(3) Tom: I hope.

Mona: What do you hope?

Tom: That I can visit my mother.

(4) "I can visit my mother" is a noun clause because it = something.

Tom: I hope something.

Mona: What something?

Tom: (That) I can visit my mother.

(In that sentence, "that" means nothing. It is just a "smooth" way to introduce the

noun clause.)
 

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I want to know what is the hope or wish in this sentence:

I hope I can visit my mother.
I wish I could visit my mother.

From what I've learned, [STRIKE]as what i know[/STRIKE] "can visit" and "could visit" are [STRIKE]is a[/STRIKE] verbs, so [STRIKE]then [/STRIKE]how about the "wish" and "hope"? What is their function?

Kindly answer my question. Thanks[STRIKE]x[/STRIKE]

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