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in hope that / in the hope that

Mietz

in hope that / in the hope that

Dear all,

In the key of a worksheet I found both possibilities:

-> I �m contacting you in the hope that you can help me.
-> I �m contacting you in hope that you can help me. / I have to get in touch with you in hope that you can help me.

I feel that the second version sounds strange, but I found a few examples with "in hope" in British newspapers etc.

What is correct? Are there maybe times, when both are possible and times, where only one of them is correct?

Thanks for your help!
Mietz

8 Nov 2011

Apodo

I wouldn �t use it in this sentence without �the � before the noun �hope �

I �m contacting you in the hope that you can help me. - This is correct.

These both sound incorrect:
-> I �m contacting you in hope that you can help me. / I have to get in touch with you in hope that you can help me.

But you can say �I �m contacting you and (I) hope that you can help me (here �hope � is a verb)

I hope you can help me. (verb)

These are correct:

There is no hope of finding him now.

There is little hope of finding the lost child. (= we probably won �t find the child)

The police kept searching in the hope of finding him.

Here is an example where both versions are correct:

There is still hope of finding him alive.

There is still a hope of finding him aive.

8 Nov 2011

Mietz

Thank you Apodo!

I �ve just found this headline by the Guardian: