Talk:hope

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what's the word called?: having hope but nothing happen. not despair. — This unsigned comment was added by 50.68.1.4 (talk).

False hope? — Ungoliant ^(falai) 19:20, 30 May 2017 (UTC)

pipe dream --2001:569:7D8F:7000:51D4:3F5F:2CBE:C8 02:18, 26 January 2023 (UTC)

trust

a feeling of trust (archaic)
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--Backinstadiums (talk) 11:44, 18 November 2019 (UTC)

hopes: singular

The OED gives examples of hopes used in a singular sense, especially in the phrase in hopes (e.g. I was in hopes you would have shown us our own nation—Addison, 1702) --Backinstadiums (talk) 17:25, 6 August 2021 (UTC)

Usage note

Fowler ( 1926) vehemently rejected the use of hope in the passive followed by an infinitive, based on analogy with expect, e.g. A luncheon at which the Queen is hoped to be present, which occurs mainly in British English news writing. It is hoped (that) is much more frequent, --Backinstadiums (talk) 17:26, 6 August 2021 (UTC)

Hope can be used in the passive in the form it is hoped that… For must always be used with hope in other passive sentences: The improvement that had been hoped for never came; The hoped-for improvement never came. --Backinstadiums (talk) 09:04, 13 August 2021 (UTC)

Don't say ‘not hope so', but ‘hope not.’ --Backinstadiums (talk) 09:09, 13 August 2021 (UTC)