[Grammar] Happy Mood festival! I hope you get to enjoy time with people you love.

[kadioguy]

[From an Instargram page]

Happy Mood festival! I hope you get to enjoy time with people you love.

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Why not "... I hope you will get to enjoy time with people you love ..."?

Can I take the original to mean "I hope you (now) get to enjoy time with people you love"?

 

[tedmc]

Either the simple past or future tense works.

 

[kadioguy]

Either the simple past or future tense works.

Happy Mood festival! I hope you get/got/will get to enjoy time with people you love.

Do you mean that all three work and mean practically the same?

 

[tedmc]

Oops, I meant the simple present or future tense.

 

[kadioguy]

I meant the simple present or future tense.

Do they practically mean the same? Is either one more natural to you?

 

[tedmc]

I think the simple present is preferred, as with greetings in general.

 

[kadioguy]

I think the simple present is preferred, as with greetings in general.

1. I do hope everything goes well.

2. I hope you have a good day.

3. Happy new year! I hope you get to enjoy time with people you love.
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Could I say they are greetings/blessings in general, so the present simple is used/preferred?

 

[tedmc]

Yes, you hope that something happens is more natural than you hope that something will happen.

 

[tzfujimino]

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[Glizdka]

It's very common to omit will when using hope. I don't know why we do this; we just do.

Maybe this entry (#252) from Practical English Usage will help you:

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1 tenses after hope
After I hope, we often use a present tense with a future meaning.
__I hope she likes (= will like) the flowers.
__I hope the bus comes soon.

2 negative sentences
In negative sentences, we usually put not with the verb that comes after hope.
__I hope she doesn't wake up.

3 special uses of past tenses
We can use I was hoping . . . to introduce a polite request.
__I was hoping you could lend me some money.
I had hoped . . . is used to talk about hopes that were not realised - hopes for things that did not happen.
__I had hoped that Jennifer would become a doctor, but she wasn't good enough at science.

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[Rover_KE]

3. Happy New Year! I hope you get to enjoy time with people you love.

 

[kadioguy]

1. We hope that more women will decide to join the course.

https://www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/hope
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A friend told me, "I guess there it's not so bad, because will feels more like want in that example."

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2. After a time you get to realize that these things don't matter.

https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/get?q=get+
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Why not "will get to realize"?

The friend said, "I think they're writing this as a general statement. Not directed at you in particular."

I agree with them. However, I would also like to hear your opinions.

 

[kadioguy]

1. We hope that more women will decide to join the course.

https://www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/hope
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A friend told me, "I guess there it's not so bad, because will feels more like want in that example."

According to Practical English Usage 3rd (unit 250.1), I now think that both work, but without "will" is more common.

2. After a time you get to realize that these things don't matter.

https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/get?q=get+
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Why not "will get to realize"?

The friend said, "I think they're writing this as a general statement. Not directed at you in particular."

Yeah, I think the present simple means that it is always true, not only true in the future.