Rachel Adams
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The difference between "hope" ''hoping" and "tell" and "telling"
Can I use both "hope" and "hoping" in #2, and in #5 both doing/do and tell/telling?
2. "We hope/are hoping you are enjoying this marvelous weather as much as we are."
5. "I think you are doing/do the right thing but I doubt your boss really knows his job from what you tell/are telling me."
If "hope" when used in the progressive suggests that the speaker isn't sure, does the sentence #2 suggest the speaker isn't confident?
"Longman English Grammar Practice" by L. G. Alexander.
Can I use both "hope" and "hoping" in #2, and in #5 both doing/do and tell/telling?
2. "We hope/are hoping you are enjoying this marvelous weather as much as we are."
5. "I think you are doing/do the right thing but I doubt your boss really knows his job from what you tell/are telling me."
If "hope" when used in the progressive suggests that the speaker isn't sure, does the sentence #2 suggest the speaker isn't confident?
"Longman English Grammar Practice" by L. G. Alexander.