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Mahta Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

The difference between end up and turn out to be

Hi, is there any difference between end up and turn out to be?!

if so, which one of these sentences is correct?

1) I loved engineering but I ended up being a dentist.

2) I loved engineering but I turned out to be a dentist.

thanks a lot.

  

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1) I loved engineering but I ended up being a dentist. This sentence is fine. There is a slight suggestion that being a dentist is not a wonderful thing.

— Clive

  • 1) I loved engineering but I ended up being a dentist.
  • This sentence is fine.
  • There is a slight suggestion that being a dentist is not a wonderful thing.
  • 2) I loved engineering but I turned out to be a dentist.
  • This is not very natural.
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1) I loved engineering but I ended up being a dentist. This sentence is fine. It means that I finally became a dentist.There is a slight suggestion that being a dentist is not a wonderful thing.

2) I loved engineering but I turned out to be a dentist. This is not very natural. It suggests that I was always destined to be a dentist.

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mahtaturn out to be

You're not using this idiom correctly.

It has to do with coming to the realization that previous expectations were wrong. Appearances were deceiving.

The wizard turned out to be a fraud.
He married a woman in the circus who turned out to be a con artist.
The hotel turned out to be a lot more pleasa
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