[Grammar] Hope/Wish

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kimlang

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Dear Teacher:
I am the new member of Using English. I wonder what the difference uses between Hope and Wish in sentence?
Also which sentence is correct in the two sentence below?
A. We really had a good time together. I hope you enjoyed it too.
B. We really had a good time together. I hope you enjoy it too.
 

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Also which sentence is correct in the two sentence below?
A. We really had a good time together. I hope you enjoyed it too.
B. We really had a good time together. I hope you enjoy it too.



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Dear Fellow Member Kimlang:

I am 99.99% sure that sentence B is wrong. If you and a friend had a good time, then you would tell him/her: "I hope [that] you enjoyed it, too."

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The present tense would be correct in something like this:

I (not you) went to a lecture last week. I really had a good time. I hear that you are going to that lecture

this week. I hope that you enjoy it, too. (Many times in English, we use the present when speaking about the future. For

example: In November, Americans will vote for president. I hope that Mr. ____ wins.)


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The Parser has answered your second question. Regarding your first question, could you post some examples of how you would use these two words?
 

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Welcome to the forums, kimlang:-D. Thank you for giving your thread an excellent title, which has found this similar thread below: I hope VS. I wish.

Rover
 
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Thank you the Parser for providing me with a clear explanation. :)
 

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Dear Riquecohen:
For example of those two words like:
My friend was not at the party with me yesterday.
A. I wish she....... at the party with me.
B. I hope she......at the party with me.
Which tense can I use to put ?
 

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Thank you for the source Chicken Sandwich... ;-)
 

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Thank for your warming welcome as well Rover. :) I am very glad to be a member of this site.
 

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Dear Riquecohen:
For example of those two words like:
My friend was not at the party with me yesterday.
A. I wish she....... at the party with me.
B. I hope she......at the party with me.
Which tense can I use to put ?

For A use "had been" in the space. B is not possible.
 

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Dear bhaisahab:
So that mean I cannot use "hope" to express something in the past?
 

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You cannot hope in the present for something you already know did not happen in the past.

This is possible: John was taking his driving test yesterday. I hope he passed.

Here your present hope is that you will hear in some way that he passed.
 
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I got it now. Thank you very much 5jj.
 
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