Finish vs. end

[Beeesneees]

Hi Bichlien,

There is no such word as 'alot' in standard English. You need to write 'a lot'.
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[Rosemartha]

Thanks a million.

[Bunakenmanado10]

Take a look at this link about finishing school: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finishing_school

Happy study!
Djony.

[Bandasak]

Thank you for the answer.

Thank you a lot.
It's a little confuse for me I will try to test it again.

Bandasak

[Barira]

Thanks for the explanation.

[Johnny04]

Shouldn't it be "... so they sent her to the famous..."? "And" doesn't flow well.

[Beeesneees]

Either is acceptable, so again this seems quite a trivial criticism of the question, but having said that, I agree that 'so' would link the two phrases better.
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[Soheila2]

Dear Mr. Micawber
I have read your explanation about applying of END & FINISH. It was useful, but there is a confusing thing; because,
You have written
“Note that 'finish' can be followed by an – ing form
[But 'end' is not followed by an –ing form].”

And in the test we see:

7- After the children had ......... doing their homework, the whole family watched television.
Correct answer: (d) finished

But in other question we see:

6-He thought they would all share the cost of the meal but unfortunately he ......... up paying for everybody.
Correct answer: ended

Could you explain why in the last question “ing-form” of pay has been used?
I look forward to hearing from you.
Thanks
Soheila

[A81091]

Hi

Thank you for your explanation.

Best regards

Landy