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I hope you enjoyed. vs I hope you enjoyed it.

I hope you enjoyed. vs I hope you enjoyed it.

Is 'I hope you enjoyed.' grammatically correct? I have heard it used many times by non native speakers. However it sounds odd to me if there is nothing after 'enjoyed'. Such as I hope you enjoyed it/the party.



Top Answer/Comment:

Apart from the rather trite imperative "Enjoy!" spoken by a waiter/serving person as they deliver your meal, enjoy is normally a transitive verb (many waiters say "Enjoy your meal").

Native speakers today never use it intransitively in contexts like "That was fun! I really enjoyed!", which needs to be reflexive (re-using the subject as object) to be valid: "I really enjoyed myself!".

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