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Which of these sentences are correct or possible?

After the event has finished you can go home.
After the event is finished you can go home.
After the event finishes you can go home.

You can go home after the event has been finished?
You can go home after the event has finished?

I am not sure about the last two.

Philip · Accepted Answer

Anonymous Which of these sentences are correct or possible?
After the event has finished you can go home. OK
After the event is finished you can go home. OK
After the event finishes you can go home. OK
You can go home after the event has been finished? No!
You can go home after the event has finished? Essentially the same as the first.
I am not sure about the last two.

Anonymous · Answer

Philip Anonymous Which of these sentences are correct or possible?After the event has finished you can go home. OKAfter the event is finished you can go home. OK After the event finishes you can go home. OKYou can go home after the event has been finished? No!You can go home after the event has finished? Essentially the same as the first. I am not sure about the last two.

Got it. Thanks, Philip. Do the correct sentences basically mean the same?

Also, how would it be possible to use 'has been finished' that you indicated is not possible? Or is it just not possible in that sentence form (Which I think is the reason)?

Anonymous · Answer

All of the correct sentences mean exactly the same thing, and all of them sound natural. You can use whichever one you prefer.

You can use "has been finished" in a similar sentence if you are using the secondary definition of "finished," which is a transitive verb.

For example: After all of the soup has been finished, please clean up the table.

In this case, "finished" is a synonym of "eaten." It can also mean "destroyed" or "completed."

Anonymous · Answer

AnonymousAll of the correct sentences mean exactly the same thing, and all of them sound natural. You can use whichever one you prefer.You can use "has been finished" in a similar sentence if you are using the secondary definition of "finished," which is a transitive verb.For example: After all of the soup has been finished, please clean up the table.In this case, "finished" is a synonym of "eaten." It can also mean "destroyed" or "completed."

Thanks. So in this sentence with 'has been finished', would 'is finished' be possible as well?

After all of the soup 'is' finished, please clean up the table.

Anonymous · Answer

AnonymousAll of the correct sentences mean exactly the same thing, and all of them sound natural. You can use whichever one you prefer.You can use "has been finished" in a similar sentence if you are using the secondary definition of "finished," which is a transitive verb.For example: After all of the soup has been finished, please clean up the table.In this case, "finished" is a synonym of "eaten." It can also mean "destroyed" or "completed."

Thanks. So it depends on the context in which 'has been' would be possible to use, right?

Would it also be coreect to use 'is' instead of 'has been' in that sentence?

After all of the soup 'is' finished, please clean up the table.

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