ended up being perfect/ perfect

[LQZ]

1 I feel lucky. My timing ended up being perfect...
2 I feel lucky. My timing ended up perfect....

Dear teacher,

Sentence 2 sounds correct to me, but sentence 1 is taken from the NYT. Could you explain what difference, if any , is between them? Thanks.

LQZ

[Raymott]

1 I feel lucky. My timing ended up being perfect...
2 I feel lucky. My timing ended up perfect....

Dear teacher,

Sentence 2 sounds correct to me, but sentence 1 is taken from the NYT. Could you explain what difference, if any , is between them? Thanks.

LQZ

They mean the same thing. 2 would be more colloquial, more common in speech.
1. sounds more elegant, and I'd use that form in an essay.

[LQZ]

They mean the same thing. 2 would be more colloquial, more common in speech.
1. sounds more elegant, and I'd use that form in an essay.

Thanks a lot. I've got it.