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Sometimes I'm not sure when I can use "finish"or cannot in sentences.

Can I say like:

At Wednedsay night,
1)I'm glad because a turn-round of weekdays, Wednesday has finised.

I had a presentation today.
2)It finished without problems.

Is it better to say "It went without problems." instead of using "finished". If so, could you tell me why??

Thank you in advance!
M

Chinajon · Accepted Answer

Wednesday is not a place. You can not arrive at that place, so you can not say "At Wednedsay night" Use "On Wednesday night"
For "I'm glad because a turn-round of weekdays, Wednesday has finished.
For I had a presentation today. It finished without problems."
Use "went" because went is referring to the whole process, and finished is referring to the ending. You are happy because there were no problems during the whole presentation, not just the ending.

H M · Answer

Thanks a lot for your explanation!

I thought that I can say "I don't like to take the train at night.", so I could say "at Friday night or at Wedneseday night", but this "at night" doesn't indicate a paticuler day...so that I cannot use "at" in front of "Wedneseday".
Is my understanding correct??

About "finish",
Can I say this?
I had a presentation today. When I finished, I asked for questions.

In this case, "finishe" is refering to the moment that the presentation was over?
If so, can I also say, "When my presentation was over, I asked for questions."
Does it sound too indirect if I say "my presentation was over" when I was talking about my presentation, I mean about myself?
Also, can I say using "end"
"When my presentation ended, I asked for questions."
"When I ended my presentation, I asked for questions."

Thank you in advance!
M

BarbaraPA · Answer

Right - no "at" before a day. "At 2 on Wednesday," but not "at Wednesday."

I have no idea what you mean by the "turnaround" of weekends. You need to try to say that another way.

Can I say this?
I had a presentation today. When I finished, I asked for questions.

Yes, this is fine.

If so, can I also say, "When my presentation was over, I asked for questions."
Does it sound too indirect if I say "my presentation was over" when I was talking about my presentation, I mean about myself?
Also, can I say using "end"
"When my presentation ended, I asked for questions."
"When I ended my presentation, I asked for questions."

All of these are fine.

H M · Answer

Thank you for your reply!

I mena "a turn-around" of WEEKDAYS", since weekdays consists of five days and Wednesday is halfway.
Is it correct??
On Wednesday, I always feel that finally I reach the halfway point of the weekdays.

Thank you,
M

BarbaraPA · Answer

Wednesday is known as "hump day" in the US. Once you get through Wednesday, you're over the hump and it's downhill to the weekend.

H M · Answer

I didn't know "hump day".

Ok, once you get through the hump day, the rest of the week is easy.

Thanks a lot!

Chinajon · Answer

It is not because of the night. It is the quality of time you are talking about.
You say "at 10 o'clock, at noon, at night, and at the bus stop."
You say "on Wednesday, on the 10th, on second thought, and on the bus or on the bicycle."
You say "in March, in the morning, in a hurry, in a moment, in winter, and in the taxi."

You would say "on March tenth."
You would say "At 10 o'clock in the morning (or of the morning if you're being formal or legal) on March 15th I was in my seat on the bus on my way to work."
Later you would say "Later that day I was engaged in my work on the second floor of the building when at that moment I realized that on Friday of last week I was told that on Monday there would be no electricity in the building and I did not need to go to work."

H M · Answer

Thank you very much for your detailed explanation!
It's very helpful!
I feel like now I can understand how to use prepositions better :-)

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