In the end or at the end?

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now.

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you to see it. Okay, let's begin. For

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our first common mistake, we're looking

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at in the end versus at the end. Even

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higher level learners confuse these

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phrases and why wouldn't you? It's just

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a tiny change of preposition, just two

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letters. So, which one do we need to

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complete this sentence? In or at?

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The end, we decided to stay at home. It

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should be in the end, meaning finally or

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eventually, usually after a period of

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time, thought, or difficulty.

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Now, this is a fixed idiomatic phrase

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referring to the final result or

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decision.

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It's not used to talk about the literal

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or metaphorical end of something like a

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road or a film. Let's see two more

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examples. In the end, we decided to move

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to London after a long time thinking

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about it.

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Or it was difficult, but in the end

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everything worked out.

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Finally, after some problems. Now, at

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the end refers to the final point in

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time or space of something specific.

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It's