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Lcwang Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

At the end of this year

Please advise which of the following sentenes is better:

1. He is going to retire at the end of this year.
2. He is going to retire by the end of this year.
3. He is going to retire end of this year.

If sentence #3 is OK, please advise why there is no 'the' preceeding 'end'.

Thanks and regards
  

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Lcwang 1. He is going to retire at the end of this year. (exactly at the end of the year) 2.

— Avangi

  • Lcwang 1.
  • He is going to retire at the end of this year.
  • (exactly at the end of the year) 2.
  • He is going to retire by the end of this year.
  • (may retire before the end of the year) 3.
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Lcwang 1. He is going to retire at the end of this year.(exactly at the end of the year)
2. He is going to retire by the end of this year.(may retire before the end of the year)
3. He is going to retire end of this year. (used only as very casual conversation) Also, "He's going to retire come the end of the year / come next year / come Janua
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Thank you a lot, Avangi.

But for the sentence #3, if we say as suggested "He will retire come next year.", there will be two verbs in one centence. Is that OK?
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It's casual. I wouldn't recommend it in a formal situation.

It means, "He will retire when next year comes [around]. You might say the second verb is part of an ellipsed clause. "When next year rolls around," is another common expression.

Liza Minnelli (Judy Garland's daughter) made a sad movie, The Sterile Cuckoo, with a theme song, Come Saturday Morning, I'm goi
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