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house and home
House is an emotionally neutral word: it just refers to a particular type of building. Home is used more personally: it is the place that somebody lives in, and can express the idea of emotional attachment to a place. Compare:
There are some horrible new houses in our village.
I lived there for six years, but I never really felt it was my home.
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tenses after hope
After I hope, we often use a present tense with a future meaning. I hope she likes (= will like) the flowers.
I hope the bus comes soon.
For a similar use of present tenses after bet, see 103. negative sentences
In negative sentences, we usually put not with the verb that comes after hope. I hope she doesn't wake up. (NOT l tltm't httpe she wakes ttl'.)
For negative structures with think, believe etc, see 369. special uses o f past tenses
We can use I was hoping . .. to introduce a polite request. I was hoping you could lend me some money.
I had hoped ... refers to hopes for things that did not happen.
I had hoped that Jennifer would study medicine, but she didn't want to.
For more about the use of past tenses in polite requests, see 436.
For I hope $01not, see 539.
For the differences between 'lope, expect, wait and look forward, see 196.
hopefully
One meaning of hopefully is 'full of hope', 'hoping'. She sat there waiting hopefuUy for the phone to ring.
Another, more recent meaning is 'it is to be hoped that' or 'I hope'.
Hopefully, inflation will soon be under control Hopefully I'm not disturbing you?
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How is used to introduce questions or the answers to questions. How did you do it?
Tell me how you did it. f know how he did it.
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