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Abil Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Be finished



Maria: Jeff! World Records want to know when their web pages will be ready.



Jeff: I am working on them now. Tell them I’ll be finished by the end of the day!



This is a part of a dialogue in an English learning course. I am just curious to know whether it is wrong to say I will finish instead of I’ll be finished in the above sentence. Is there any difference between the two? Thanks.

  

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In conversation, the contraction "I'll finish" would normally be used in preference to "I will finish". ". There isn't a great difference in meaning; "I'll be finished" evokes a slightly stronger impression of the completed state.

— Mr Wordy

  • In conversation, the contraction "I'll finish" would normally be used in preference to "I will finish".
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  • There isn't a great difference in meaning; "I'll be finished" evokes a slightly stronger impression of the completed state.
  • "I am" in the dialogue would also normally be contracted.
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In conversation, the contraction "I'll finish" would normally be used in preference to "I will finish". It is not wrong to say "I'll finish by the end of the day", but in this situation it does not seem quite so natural as "I'll be finished...". There isn't a great difference in meaning; "I'll be finished" evokes a slightly stronger impression of the completed state.

"I am" in the dialog
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Thanks Mr. Wordy. So, it is only a matter of putting stress!
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