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Phrase: ... I hope I have been of some help. Fri May 23, 2008 6:42 am  Phrase: ... I hope I have been of some help.
 

Hi Amy,
I wonder if the following clause is right: ".... I hope I have been of some help."
I can't help feeling that something is missing at the end of the sentence.
Thanks,
Irene
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Phrase: ... I hope I have been of some help. Fri May 23, 2008 9:15 am  Phrase: ... I hope I have been of some help.
 

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Phrase: ... I hope I have been of some help. Fri May 23, 2008 13:24 pm  Phrase: ... I hope I have been of some help.
 

Hi Irene

No, as Mister M indicated, nothing is needed on the end of that sentence. It is possible to add (optionally) a number of things after the noun 'help', but your sentence is fine the way it is.
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Phrase: ... I hope I have been of some help. Fri May 23, 2008 13:30 pm  Phrase: ... I hope I have been of some help.
 

gsziren wrote:
Hi Amy,
I wonder if the following clause is right: ".... I hope I have been of some help."
I can't help feeling that something is missing at the end of the sentence.
Thanks,
Irene

Are you thinking of things such as:

I hope I have been of some help to you/them/your family/the company, etc?

You could add one of those, or quite a few others, but the context normally doesn't require the addition of such.
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Phrase: ... I hope I have been of some help. Fri May 23, 2008 14:32 pm  Phrase: ... I hope I have been of some help.
 

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