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#1
November 09, 2015, 07:35 AM
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Hoping would
Are my sentences correct?
-Ma hopes that real progress would continue to be made towards cross-strait peace and prosperity. -Ma hopes that real progress could continue to be made towards cross-strait peace and prosperity. -Ma thinks that it is a good chance, hoping that real progress would continue to be made towards cross-strait peace and prosperity. -Ma thinks that it is a good chance, hoping that real progress could continue to be made towards cross-strait peace and prosperity. 
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#2
November 09, 2015, 05:02 PM
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Yes.
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#3
November 10, 2015, 09:40 PM
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Thanks. I had the doubt because those sentences sound OK and I have seen them written like that, using would/could with the present tense of hope. Formerly my non-native teacher said with the present tense hope/hopes, we should say will/can, never would/could; do you think this rule is wrong?
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November 11, 2015, 05:55 PM
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Using 'will/can' gives the impression that the hope will come to pass.
Using 'would/could' adds doubt that the hope will fruition. The tense in the main clause has nothing to do with the mood used in the secondary clause.
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#5
November 12, 2015, 04:43 AM
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Excellent answer. Thank you.
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