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hope this help or hope this helps? Mon Mar 17, 2008 15:11 pm  hope this help or hope this helps?
 

Good evening all,

I often see people say 'hope this helps' at the end of a communication, especially when they are trying to answer other people's queries about computer problems.
It seems most people have already get accustomed to it, but it doesn't mean that they are correct:
My english teacher pointed out that both "hope this helps' and 'hope this help' are grammatically incorrect after she saw a classmate of mine writting the three words in his assignment, but she didn't explain in detail why they are wrong.

So, could you help explain why both "hope this helps' and 'hope this help'
are grammatically incorrect please?

Thanks!

Kitty
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hope this help or hope this helps? Mon Mar 17, 2008 20:38 pm  hope this help or hope this helps?
 

"Hope this help" is incorrect as 'this' is singular. The correct form in the plural (as far as I know) would be "Hope these help".

I am unsure as to why "hope this helps" would be incorrect as I, myself, often use this phrase. Perhaps it is simply incorrect because it should be "I hope this helps"

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hope this help or hope this helps? Mon Mar 17, 2008 20:43 pm  hope this help or hope this helps?
 

Hi Kitty,

'Hope this helps' is a contraction of: 'I Hope that this (what I have just done/said) is going to help you' and is perfectly acceptable. It is an expression I have used over the last 5 years on this site when I have given an answer to a contributor's question.

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hope this help or hope this helps? Tue Mar 18, 2008 5:23 am  hope this help or hope this helps?
 

Many thanks, Alan, and Theeny!
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