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User_gary Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
Exam ends/ exam finishes
My exams are finished just today.
My exams ended today.
Today's exam finished but still few more exams are left and they finishes next Friday.
When your exams finish?
Are these sentences correct?
My exams ended today.
Today's exam finished but still few more exams are left and they finishes next Friday.
When your exams finish?
Are these sentences correct?
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My exam s finished j ust today. My exams ended today. Today's exam finished, but there are still a few more exams are le ft.
- My exam s finished j ust today.
- My exams ended today.
- Today's exam finished, but there are still a few more exams are le ft.
- They finish next Friday.
- When do/will your exams finish?
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My exams finished just today.
My exams ended today.
Today's exam finished, but there are still a few more exams are left. They finish next Friday.
When do/will your exams finish?
My exams ended today.
Today's exam finished, but there are still a few more exams are left. They finish next Friday.
When do/will your exams finish?
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Don't know why my intuition telling that the sentence should have been like this: Today's exam is finished, but there are still a few more left. They will finish on next Friday.
Mister MicawberToday's exam finished, but there are still a few more exams are left. They finish next Friday.
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The first is my oversight: I didn't notice the duplication of 'are'. There are 2 natural choices:
..., but there are still a few more exams left
..., but a few more exams are still left
As for the 2nd sentence. Simple present ('they finish') is a common future form for a near future schedule.
..., but there are still a few more exams left
..., but a few more exams are still left
As for the 2nd sentence. Simple present ('they finish') is a common future form for a near future schedule.
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Mister MicawberSimple present ('they finish') is a common future form for a near future schedule.I completely agree to this Mister!
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Thanks Mister Micawber and Cavalier King. My question is if we can use the word "finish" as a verb in first sentence, why we can't use the same as a verb in other sentences.
(1) My exams finished just yesterday. (This is right)
(2) Today's exam finished. Why this is wrong?
(3) Exams finish on Friday. Why this is wrong?
(1) My exams finished just yesterday. (This is right)
(2) Today's exam finished. Why this is wrong?
(3) Exams finish on Friday. Why this is wrong?
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User_gary2) Today's exam finished. Why this is wrong?(3) Exams finish on Friday. Why this is wrong?Those are not wrong (though #2 could use a bit more context). Who said they were?
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Thanks Mister Micawber. Now it's clear.
As you changed my sentence from "today's exam finished" to "today's exam is finished", I assumed use of the word as a verb was wrong.
As you changed my sentence from "today's exam finished" to "today's exam is finished", I assumed use of the word as a verb was wrong.
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User_garyAs you changed my sentence from "today's exam finished" to "today's exam is finished", I assumed use of the word as a verb was wrong.No. I was just improving it a bit to the more usual, sorry.
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