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I hope you still can come... vs I hope you can still come

Both phrases are correct, but they have slightly different word order. The first phrase 'I hope you still can come' places 'still' before 'can', while the second phrase 'I hope you can still come' places 'still' after 'can'. The difference is subtle, but both are commonly used in English.
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I hope you still can come...

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is correct and means that the speaker is expressing hope that the listener is still able to come. The word order places 'still' before 'can' for emphasis.
  • I hope you still feel as comical when you come out of the castle, my friend.
  • Now I hope you two boys can come over for dinner.
  • I hope you still love me.
  • I hope you still think of me as a friend.
  • I hope you still have some fight in you.
  • I hope you still consider me that, after so much time.
  • I hope you still managed to enjoy a very interesting match between France and Portugal.
  • I hope you can come and meet us.
  • I hope you can come they will be judged at the Court marþialã.
  • I couldn't afford gold earrings like the ones I lost, but I hope you still like them.
  • [Henry] I hope you still like fry bread tacos and catfish pie.
  • Anyway, I miss you, and I hope you can come over tonight.
  • I hope you still don't catch summer colds.
  • Dear Giampiero, I hope you're okay and that you still remember me.
  • I give you back as I hope you still respect the late Emperor. Dee, I'm bestowing this mace on you.
  • I hope that we can come to a conclusion with regard to the steps that are still necessary in terms of banking supervision and financial market regulation.
  • Save your soul while you still can.
  • And I hope you can forgive my inappropriateness.
  • And somewhere I hope you're watching.
  • Governor, I hope you were entertained.

I hope you can still come

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is correct and means that the speaker is expressing hope that the listener is able to come. The word order places 'still' after 'can' for a slightly different emphasis.
  • Although she is no longer a colleague, I hope she will still come here as a guest of the European Parliament so that we can do useful work together.
  • You can still come home and apologize.
  • Annie, you can still come out as Author X.
  • But you can still come back to me.
  • You... I hope you can still be a grandpa after all of Bert's... this.
  • Hope you can still be mayor.
  • But we hope all of this will not be necessary and we hope that Pakistan can still come back from the brink, that the state of emergency can be withdrawn and that General Musharraf will step down as Chief of Army.
  • Annie, you can still come out as Author X. You just have to tell Nancy O'Dell's not a true-true story.
  • I'm sure your mom told you about the divorce by now, but I hope you and I can still stay in touch.
  • I hope you give us Life can still remember.
  • You can still smell the burning gasoline.
  • There are people you can still help.
  • You can still see the basic sequences we analyzed.
  • But you can still learn guitar.
  • You can still study, you can still contribute.
  • You can still intervene and you can still change the Council's mind.
  • And you can still... save lives.
  • OK, you can still contribute.
  • You can still smell the smoke.
  • Even blind, you can still feel the bones.

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