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Ahmed Imam AttiaMember

Hello. Which form is correct?

- I (hoped - had hoped) to leave by 8, but I overslept and missed the bus.

Thank you.

8/25/201:13 AM

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Hi, Ahmed,

@Ahmed Imam Attia posted:
Hello. Which form is correct?
- I (hoped - had hoped) to leave by 8, but I overslept and missed the bus.
Thank you.

'Had hoped' seems the better answer because of the presence of 'by + past time'. However, Martin Hewings in Advanced Grammar says:

"We can use either the past perfect or past simple (and often past continuous and past perfect continuous; see Units 4 and 7) when we talk about things that we intended to do, but didn’t or won’t now do in the future:

I had hoped to visit the gallery before I left Florence, but it’s closed on Mondays. (or I hoped ..., I was hoping ..., I had been hoping ...)

8/25/204:00 AM

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