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What is the difference between wish and hope ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
What is the difference between wish and hope ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
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- Turkish
wish: want/want to do something
hope: to intend to do something
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- English (UK)
Hope is used to talk about possible situations in the past present or future.
'I hope the people are nice.'
'I hope you have a good day.'
'I hope you had a good time last night.'
Wish is used to talk about what we desire, but is the opposite of our current situation.
'I wish I was tall.'
you're currently short, yet wish to be taller.
'I wish I had a car.'
you currently don't have a car, yet you want one.
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