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Belly Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

Finalize vs Finish

Are finalize and Finish the same? ( Am I right to use are here, or should be is?)

I have some sentences:

I've not _____ (finished/ finalize) my homework yet

The plan will be _____ (finished/ finalize) by this June

The work will be _____ (finished/ finalize) this Sunday

Which is the correct answer?
  

Top answer

To finish something is to complete it. To finalize something is to arrange the last details, fixing for the last time the things that go into it -- the dates, times, people, materials, and so on. Can you answer your own questions now?

— CalifJim

  • To finish something is to complete it.
  • To finalize something is to arrange the last details, fixing for the last time the things that go into it -- the dates, times, people, materials, and so on.
  • Can you answer your own questions now?
  • CJ
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To finish something is to complete it.
To finalize something is to arrange the last details, fixing for the last time the things that go into it -- the dates, times, people, materials, and so on.

Can you answer your own questions now?

CJ
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<<Are finalize and Finish the same? No. ( Am I right to use are here Yes., or should it be is No.?)>>

CJ
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Your definition is different from Oxford's:

Finalize : verb[vn] to complete the last part of a plan, trip, project, etc.:
to finalize your plans / arrangements Ç They met to finalize the terms of the treaty.
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That's because I'm not a dictionary.

What do you think the last part of a plan, trip, project, etc. would be?
What do you think the parts of a plan consist of?

CJ

By the way, with that definition from Oxford you probably could have solved those three problems on your own. Why didn't you try?
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CalifJimThat's because I'm not a dictionary.

What do you think the last part of a plan, trip, project, etc. would be?
What do you think the parts of a plan consist of?

CJ

By the way, with that definition from Oxford you probably could have solved those three problems on your own. Why didn't you try?

That's because Oxfo
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BellyAre finalize and Finish the same? ( Am I right to use are here, or should be is?)

I have some sentences:

I've not _____ (finished/ finalize) my homework yet

The plan will be _____ (finished/ finalize) by this June

The work will be _____ (finished/ finalize) this Sunday

Which
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I don;t get the way they use finalize with a trip, either.
Maybe this will help:

If you're going on a trip, you may have to coordinate with the people who are going on the trip with you. You may have to see who can go and on which day or days. As you gather information from the people who will be going on the trip with you, you begin to set up some of the
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BellyAre finalize and Finish the same? ( Am I right to use are here, or should be is?)
I have some sentences:
I've not _____ (finished) my homework yet
The plan will be _____ (finalize) by this June
The work will be _____ (finished) this Sunday
Which is the correct answer?
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