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Sadsadpanda Posted 19 years ago
Grammar
Finished v Over
I had a student ask me about the difference between over and finished. I tried to explain it and got slightly stuck part way through so came here for some clarification.
The game is over.
The game has finished.
The game is finished.
The first two both sound ok and seem to have the same meaning, the third one however seems wrong. 'x is over' and 'x has finished' seem to be the same however if the subject is a person we have to use has finished rather than is over. This then got me to comparing to have finished v to be finished..
I have finished.
I am finished.
When simply written like that, the first one seems to show the completion of a task, the second some kind of dejection that for example a career is over rather than the completion of a task.
Q. How many more lessons do you have?
A1. None, I have finished for the day.
A2. None, I am finished for the day.
When written like that I would still say A1 one more but A2 starts to sound plausible, is it?
Thanks for any help, has me confused and my grammar book doesnt seem to have an answer.
The game is over.
The game has finished.
The game is finished.
The first two both sound ok and seem to have the same meaning, the third one however seems wrong. 'x is over' and 'x has finished' seem to be the same however if the subject is a person we have to use has finished rather than is over. This then got me to comparing to have finished v to be finished..
I have finished.
I am finished.
When simply written like that, the first one seems to show the completion of a task, the second some kind of dejection that for example a career is over rather than the completion of a task.
Q. How many more lessons do you have?
A1. None, I have finished for the day.
A2. None, I am finished for the day.
When written like that I would still say A1 one more but A2 starts to sound plausible, is it?
Thanks for any help, has me confused and my grammar book doesnt seem to have an answer.
Top answer
Sadsadpanda I had a student ask me about the difference between over and finished. I tried to explain it and got slightly stuck part way through so came here for some clarification. The game is over.
- Sadsadpanda I had a student ask me about the difference between over and finished.
- I tried to explain it and got slightly stuck part way through so came here for some clarification.
- The game is over.
- The game has finished.
- The game is finished.
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SadsadpandaI had a student ask me about the difference between over and finished. I tried to explain it and got slightly stuck part way through so came here for some clarification.
The game is over.
The game has finished.
The game is finished.
The first two both sound ok and seem to have the same meaning, the third one however seems wrong. 'x is
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