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desire/hope/expect Hi, there I would like to know if I should use "desire", "hope" or "expect" in the following sentece: "The coup in Turkey failed but some citizens were desiring it to succeed." or "The coup in Turkey failed but some citizens were expecting it to succeed." or "The coup in Turkey failed but some citizens hoped it succeeded." Thank you

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desire/hope/expect

Hi, there

I would like to know if I should use "desire", "hope" or "expect" in the following sentence:

"The coup in Turkey failed but some citizens were desiring desired its success.   to succeed."
or
"The coup in Turkey failed but some citizens were expecting/expected it to succeed."
or
"The coup in Turkey failed but some citizens hoped it would succeeded."

Thank you

You can use them all, but in slightly different ways!

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