tzfujimino
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Hello.:-D
I have a question as to the usage of "hope for sb to do sth".
Today, one of my students, who goes to a senior high school, brought me her textbook/workbook.
It includes a question:
"I (hope) Brian to come next week."
(In this exercise, students are asked to correct the sentences to make them grammatical. They have to use the word 'hope' in this particular case.)
I first thought it was not a good question and that the 'hope' must be 'want'.
The suggested answer is 'hope for':
"I hope for Brian to come next week."
I'm not used to this construction, but I guess it is a grammatical sentence.
Here're what I've found: 9861 sentence examples using 'hope for to'
Is the sentence "I hope for Brian to come next week." natural?
I think "I hope (that) Brian will/can come next week." sounds much better if we need to use 'hope'.
Thank you.
I have a question as to the usage of "hope for sb to do sth".
Today, one of my students, who goes to a senior high school, brought me her textbook/workbook.
It includes a question:
"I (hope) Brian to come next week."
(In this exercise, students are asked to correct the sentences to make them grammatical. They have to use the word 'hope' in this particular case.)
I first thought it was not a good question and that the 'hope' must be 'want'.
The suggested answer is 'hope for':
"I hope for Brian to come next week."
I'm not used to this construction, but I guess it is a grammatical sentence.
Here're what I've found: 9861 sentence examples using 'hope for to'
Is the sentence "I hope for Brian to come next week." natural?
I think "I hope (that) Brian will/can come next week." sounds much better if we need to use 'hope'.
Thank you.
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