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Doing a testa test, I had to choose between two possible responses to the question

Are we writing a composition tomorrow?

The options were

I hope not

and

I'm afraid so.

I chose option Two, which was sooner an intuitive guess than a conscious choice.

Now I'm doubtful about whether I was right.

Would the option "I hope not" be correct if the question were

We are not writing a composition tomorrow, are we?

If I made a mistake, can you explain where I was wrong? And if I was right, why the "I hope not" response is wrong. It seems I'm missing something and I can't make out what.

Doing a test, I had to choose between two possible responses to the question

Are we writing a composition tomorrow?

The options were

I hope not

and

I'm afraid so.

I chose option Two, which was sooner an intuitive guess than a conscious choice.

Now I'm doubtful about whether I was right.

Would the option "I hope not" be correct if the question were

We are not writing a composition tomorrow, are we?

If I made a mistake, can you explain where I was wrong? And if I was right, why the "I hope not" response is wrong. It seems I'm missing something and I can't make out what.

Doing a test, I had to choose between two possible responses to the question

Are we writing a composition tomorrow?

The options were

I hope not

and

I'm afraid so.

I chose option Two, which was sooner an intuitive guess than a conscious choice.

Now I'm doubtful about whether I was right.

Would the option "I hope not" be correct if the question were

We are not writing a composition tomorrow, are we?

If I made a mistake, can you explain where I was wrong? And if I was right, why the "I hope not" response is wrong. It seems I'm missing something and I can't make out what.

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Victor B.
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"I hope not" or "I'm afraid so" in response to a question about something undesirable

Doing a test, I had to choose between two possible responses to the question

Are we writing a composition tomorrow?

The options were

I hope not

and

I'm afraid so.

I chose option Two, which was sooner an intuitive guess than a conscious choice.

Now I'm doubtful about whether I was right.

Would the option "I hope not" be correct if the question were

We are not writing a composition tomorrow, are we?

If I made a mistake, can you explain where I was wrong? And if I was right, why the "I hope not" response is wrong. It seems I'm missing something and I can't make out what.