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Using end expressions correctly

It's more literal than in the end. It can be followed by of plus a noun. So, if we go back to the sentence in the introduction, we now know that it should be there's a surprise...

Course: Clear and accurate EnglishSection: Five common English mistakesSubtitles: en

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specific.

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It's more literal than in the end.

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It can be followed by of plus a noun.

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So, if we go back to the sentence in the

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introduction, we now know that it should

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be there's a surprise at the end of the

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film, not in the end.

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A couple more examples. I'm always tired

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at the end of the week, on Fridays, for

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example. Or the station is at the end of

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this road. Okay, mistake number two, try

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to correct this sentence.

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I am again unemployed. It should be I'm

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unemployed again.

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So, we tend to place again at the end of

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a clause, not in the middle. This might

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be different to your first language.

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In these examples, it means one more

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time. For example, can you start the

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video again, please? Or we won't see

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each other again. Now, you'll sometimes

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see again before the main verb. This is

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more formal than placing again at the

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end and is done for emphasis.

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For even greater emphasis, we can add

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yet.

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Yet again.

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She yet again changed the project brief.

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Now, again and yet again can also appear

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at

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