2009/04/08

You must hope that the economy is going to get better, but do you really expect it to?

There's a lot of confusion about hope and expect. "Hope" is only for something the subject views as positive. "Expect" can be for positive or negative things.
  • I hope he's on time, but I expect him to be late.
The confusion probably comes from thinking in Japanese about English; Edict shows this definition:
  • 期待 (きたい) (n,vs) expectation; anticipation; hope; (P):
However, Space Alc also shows this as one of the meanings:
  • expect【自動】予期する
So you can say something like this:

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