hope + that clause ): ‘She hopes to come again.’ ‘she hopes that she will come again).’ (=she hopes that she will come again) ‘They hope to visit the Istana.’ (=they hope (that) they will visit the Istana) 3
I deeply hope that there will never be another war.
I sincerely hope that there will never be another war. sincerely hope (NOT deeply ): ‘I sincerely hope that you will understand why we cannot come after all.’ 4
Are you still unhappy? I don’t hope so.
Are you still unhappy? I hope not. When you wish that something previously mentioned is not true, use I hope not : ‘Do you have to have another medical examination?’ ‘I hope not.’ hopeless I think the students will feel hopeless because they have already tried their best
and failed.
I think the students will feel disheartened because they have already tried their best and failed. Hopeless is usually used to describe a situation, not a person: ‘The firemen tried to get the blaze under control, but it was hopeless .’ When you say that a person is hopeless, you mean that they are very bad at something: ‘He’s hopeless at remembering names.’ To describe someone who feels that they have little or no chance of success, especially because they have already experienced failure or disappointment, use dispirited, dejected, disheartened , discouraged , despondent or demoralized : ‘Having lost ten matches in a row, the team felt completely demoralized.’
