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Grammar and Linguistics > Finish as an intransitive verb
Finish as an intransitive verb
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Bruna Dutra
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Let me see if I can help a little bit more with your �intransitive finish � doubt.
To finish has an intransitive sense when it �s possible to substitute it for the verb TO END.
And most dictionaries imply a BRITISH ENGLISH use for this idea.
Ex.: Winter finishes at the end of March.
My school finishes at 4:00 pm.
All the examples I could think of have an idea of TIME, never the idea of USE.
Hope to have helped.
Regards
Bruna.
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13 Sep 2010
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ballycastle1
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This would never be said in Br Eng. What might be said in a good-humoured fashion is �Is my beer finished again? �, where the speaker is looking for someone to buy him another drink, but I stress that this would be said jokingly, when the speaker feels it �s not his turn to buy the next round. |
13 Sep 2010
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ishu
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I see :) Thanks Bruna and bally and everybody else for taking the time to respond to my question:)
Isil |
13 Sep 2010
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douglas
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How about "The beer has finished another one." (pointing to the drunk passed-out under the table) |
13 Sep 2010
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belfer
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Good one Douglas 
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13 Sep 2010
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Abdou1980
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to the best of my knowledge, we can say: yesterday, the game finished with the score at 1-1. imagine that the game has just finished, in this respect, we can say: the game has finshed or has the game finished?
the expression u came up with is correct.
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13 Sep 2010
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