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[matilda]

Hello all

Which of these sentences is correct?

1- at the end
2- in the end

Thanks all

Matilda

[tom slocombe]

Hi matilda, Both are right but they have a slightly different meaning.

At the end of my walk I was very tired. ( means -- at the finish ---- you can`t use in the end here )


I didn`t like English food to start with but in the end I really loved it.

( gives the idea that after time something has changed)

Also --- We searched for ages and in the end we found a hotel with vacancies.

( means --- eventually )

You cant use " at the end " in the last two sentences

[Teia]

I fully agree with Tom and I`d like to add something .

"At the end" and "in the end" are prepositional phrases.

In the end = finally, after a long time
In the end she decided to go to the police station and confess everything she had done.

At the end = at the point where something stops.
I found the explanation at the end of the book.


Regards,

[Passionwagon]

Originally Posted by tom slocombe

We searched for ages and in the end we found a hotel with vacancies.
( means --- eventually )
You cant use " at the end " in the last two sentences

Unless it were implied that you were searching along a street.

[tom slocombe]

Hi passionwaggon, If you were searching along a street you would have to say so. ---- we found one at the end of the street ---- otherwise people would ask at the end of what?