wish / hope

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Yoong Liat

#307394 Tue, 26 Dec 06 01:43 PM

I wish that my brother will recover soon.

I believe the word 'wish' is wrongly used here. It is should be replaced by 'hope'. Am I right?

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Yoong Liat

Mister Micawber

#307396 Tue, 26 Dec 06 02:07 PM

You have the choice of I wish he would or I hope he will. The latter sounds to me like the more expected in this case.

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