While hope is a desire for something to happen (you want it to happen), expect refers to something you think will happen, even if you don’t want it to happen. Did you find this useful? Share it with other teachers & learners and make sure you follow me.
As verbs the difference between expect and hope is that expect is to look for (mentally) to look forward to, as to something that is believed to be about to happen or come to have a previous apprehension of, whether of good or evil to look for with some confidence to anticipate — often followed by an infinitive, sometimes by a clause (with, or without, that) while hope is to want.
We don’t use expect to refer to time passing when we are talking about something that we hope is going to happen: I look forward very much to hearing from you soon, and I wait anxiously for a positive answer. Not: … and I expect .
3/14/2003 · Michael Swan** describes expect and hope: Expecting is mental rather than emotional. If I expect something to happen, I have a good reason to think it will in fact happen. Hoping is more emotional. If I hope for something to happen, I would like it to happen, but I do not know whether it will. Compare:, While expectation is the assumption that something is actually going to happen, false or not, hope is the wish for something to happen. Hope is flexible. It is alive. It responds to all situations instead of battling against the ones that appear to be opposite.
How should I use I hope and I wish? | PhraseMix.com, Expect, hope or wait ? – English Grammar Today – Cambridge …
How should I use I hope and I wish? | PhraseMix.com, How should I use I hope and I wish? | PhraseMix.com, 11/7/2006 · 1/ I can’t distinguish the difference in emnaing between hope and expect . Please help me. 2/ Why can’t I say I expect you will have a good party.? 3/ What is the difference between: a/ We weren’t expecting it to rain. b/ We weren’t hoping it to rain. Q. Nov 04 2006 14:35:52. Tung Quoc + 0.
12/6/2015 · 4. I hope she’s has got some good news. 5. I am still waiting to hear from her. 6. I am expecting a phone call from him in the afternoon. 7. Sandra is expecting a baby. 8. It is hard to wait for things when you are a child. 9. I expected her at five, but she didn’t come. 10. I expect them to turn up at eleven o’clock.
2 thoughts on “ Hope, Wish, atau Expect ? surya January 30, 2017. saya sering pakai “wish ” untuk ucapan selamat seperti “wishing you a happy and prosperous new year 2017”. Kelihatannya umum dipakai, tapi apakah sebenarnya itu tidak tepat?, So and not with expect , hope , think, etc. – English Grammar Today – a reference to written and spoken English grammar and usage – Cambridge Dictionary
