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2014年11月3日 星期一

Noun Clause - Wish clause V.S. Hope clause

Note: Hope Clause V.S. Wish Clause (Video)

Read carefully the following two examples and compare them:
1.    I hope it won’t rain tomorrow, so we can go out and have fun.
à The facts: The person hopes the weather will be fine tomorrow.
2.    I wish it weren’t raining.
à The facts: It is raining at the moment. 
From the above examples, you know:
Hope
1.    Hope is followed by a clause with a future tense or present tense to express a future meaning.
Ex: 1. I hope she can solve the problem of people getting drunk at beach parties.
   2. I hope Sue likes/will like the flowers.
Wish
2.    Wish expresses what the person wants and it is opposite to reality. Wish is used with could, would, were (past tense) to express things that we desire, but they are opposite to reality.
Ex: 1. I wish Sue would like the flowers. (the fact: She doesn’t like the flowers.)
   2. I wish I had enough money to help you. (the fact: I don’t have enough money to do so.)
3. When we feel sorry or disappointed about something that we did or did not do in the past, we use wish + the past perfect tense.
   3. I wish I had not said that. (the fact: I said that and I wish I hadn’t.)


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