wangqh2696122  +  953136 Mon, 26 Oct 09 03:53 AM What are the differences between “hope to” and ”hope so”?    Mary: What’s the matter with John? Alice: He didn’t pass the test but he still ___. A. hope to     B.hope so   wangqh2696122 Joined on Mon, Oct 26 2009 New Member 06 I am a Chinese, teaching English in China. Hope I can learn from all of you.

	jemaasjr  +  953225 Mon, 26 Oct 09 06:03 AM wangqh2696122 “What are the differences between “hope to” and ”hope so”?    Mary: What’s the matter with John? Alice: He didn’t pass the test but he still hopes to. ( still thinks he can.) He so hopes he can pass, or he hopes so much to pass.  (he wants to pass a lot.) A. hope to     B.hope so   ” jemaasjr Joined on Wed, Sep 30 2009 Full Member 136 JohnnyBoy

	Mister Micawber  +  953226 Mon, 26 Oct 09 06:07 AM Neither answer is correct.  It must read 'hopes to'.  The question is odd, unless he can take the test again.  'Hopes to' is a shortened form of 'hopes to do so': He didn’t pass the test but he still hopes to (do so). I can't  tell you offhand why 'hopes so' does not work here, but it does not.  It certainly works with other verb forms: He doesn't know if he passed the test but he hopes so. Mister Micawber Joined on Wed, Aug 4 2004 Yokohama Veteran Member 30,825 'The question is,' said Humpty Dumpty, 'which is to be master-- that's all.'

	jemaasjr  +  953249 Mon, 26 Oct 09 06:30 AM >>I am a Chinese, teaching English in China. Hope I can learn from you all. There is no plural "you" in English, except in the South Eastern US States, where they sometimes say you-all or ya'll. By ending your sentence with "you all," you make it sound like a Southern dialect:^) Okay I guess, but a little more formal style would be "all of you." Also, I think you can use "so" at the end of a sentence, but it would be better to have a clearer reference, as, Mary: Do you think he will pass? Alice: I hope so. Cheers jemaasjr Plurals, Dialects, Sentences, References, Business, Career, Teaching

	CalifJim  +  953250 Mon, 26 Oct 09 06:31 AM hopes so doesn't work because it's not a question of the truth of what preceded. hopes so = hopes that it is [so / true] (where the identity of it has been explained earlier in the text). Therefore, hopes so goes after statements of doubt about whether a proposition is true. CJ CalifJim Joined on Mon, Aug 2 2004 California Veteran Member 22,454 "There are no facts, only interpretations" - Nietzsche

	Mister Micawber  +  953376 Mon, 26 Oct 09 09:36 AM Thanks, Jim! Mister Micawber