{"id":21733,"date":"2023-08-06T08:00:08","date_gmt":"2023-08-06T13:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/?p=21733"},"modified":"2024-07-16T14:20:47","modified_gmt":"2024-07-16T19:20:47","slug":"in-the-end-or-at-the-end","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/in-the-end-or-at-the-end\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;In the end&#8221; or &#8220;At the end&#8221;?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3ZnhgbHKxyM?rel=0\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a class=\"elementor-button rounded large green\" href=\"https:\/\/espressoenglish.lpages.co\/advanced-english-grammar-course\/\"><strong>Take your grammar to the next level!<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Should we say \u201cin the end\u201d or \u201cat the end\u201d?<\/p>\n<p>The answer is both, in slightly different situations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the end\u201d is more metaphorical, and \u201cat the end\u201d is more literal.<\/p>\n<p>We use <strong>\u201cat the end\u201d to refer to the final part<\/strong> of something:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>There was a big surprise <strong>at the end<\/strong> of the book.<\/li>\n<li><strong>At the end<\/strong> of class, our teacher always asks if anyone has any questions.<\/li>\n<li>I\u2019m always out of money <strong>at the end<\/strong> of the month.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We use \u201cin the end\u201d to mean \u201cfinally,\u201d or \u201cafter a long time,\u201d or \u201cafter everything is considered\u201d:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>We had a lot of arguments, but <strong>in the end<\/strong> we came to an agreement.<br \/>\n<em>= we finally came to an agreement<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Although that book had a few interesting parts,<strong> in the end,<\/strong> I wouldn\u2019t recommend it.<br \/>\n<em>= after everything is considered<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Can you write your own example sentences? 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