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by nasa » Sun Mar 29, 2009 9:04 am
Which one of the following is correct:
1) Speaker called for a session in hopes that fewer proposals will be discussed.
2) Speaker called for a session hoping that fewer proposals will be discussed.
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by bec.amit » Sun Mar 29, 2009 10:11 am
"hoping" would be correct as it is a present participle modifying the preceeding phrase.
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by uymba » Sun Mar 29, 2009 11:46 am
mmm
It is difficult (at least for me :) )

The thing is that "hoping" in (2) is next to session, but the session doesn't hope anything. The speaker does.

I would prefer;

Speaker, hoping that fewer proposals will be discussed, called for a session.

In the end, i really don't know which is best (or less bad!).
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by nasa » Sun Mar 29, 2009 2:57 pm
OA is A (in hopes with).... any takers to explain this?
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by TedCornell » Mon Mar 30, 2009 9:13 am
nasa wrote:OA is A (in hopes with).... any takers to explain this?
Neither choice says "in hopes with". Please check your original posting against the source, and please tell us the source
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by nasa » Mon Mar 30, 2009 7:55 pm
This is a level-5 SC question in Barron's CAT
It is "in hopes that" and not "in hopes with".
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