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Hitchiker Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

grammer

1.Something I never expected come to an end.
2. Something I never expect to come to an end.
3. Something I never expected an end to come.

which one is correct? grammartically
  

Top answer

1. and 3. are ungrammatical.

— PeteMcManus

  • 1.
  • and 3.
  • are ungrammatical.
  • 2.
  • is fine, and you could also use "expected" if you want to state your past opinion instead of your current opinion.
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1. and 3. are ungrammatical. 2. is fine, and you could also use "expected" if you want to state your past opinion instead of your current opinion.
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actually what I am trying to say is I never expected that it would come to an end. So still the 2 sentence is correct?
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These are clauses, not full sentences. Number 2, as you have it, describes something that AS OF RIGHT NOW you think will never end. If you change the word "expect" to "expected", you are describing something that IN THE PAST you thought would never end. In this new version, you are not saying whether you still believe that. I am guessing that you want the version with "expected".

Pete
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Thank you Pete I appreciate your help,but I am still confused with the meaning.

1.Something I never expect to come to an end - means it hasn't come to an end?

2.Something I never expected to come to an end.-means it already came to an end?
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1. means it hasn't come to an end. You are right.
2. means at one time you believed it would never end, but it implies you no longer believe that. There are two possible reasons you might have stopped believing it would never end:

One possible reason is that is has already come to an end.
The other possible reason is that you just changed your mind about how long it will last. It
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