I hope everybody realise/will realise the importance of racial harmony.

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Tan Elaine

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I hope that everybody will realise the importance of racial harmony.

Should it be 'realise' instead of 'will realise'?

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It can be either will realise or realises. The meaning is different: the first expresses an aspiration for the future; the second, a hope for the present.
 
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Both realises and will realise could apply to the future.
 
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