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Sat 6 Dec, 2014 07:18 am
I hope this would have culminated in a better way .
No. "Would have" used this way is American informal. Also we use "hope" about events or discoveries in the future, not the past. Standard English (US or UK) would be "I wish this had culminated in a better way".
@Arafat ,
I had hoped this might have culminated in a better way
@dalehileman,
dalehileman wrote:
I had hoped this might have culminated in a better way
Or, I had hoped this would culminate in a better way.