In or on time
"ON TIME" - there is an expected time. We are meeting friends for dinner at 7. I hope we will be on time and we don't make them wait for us. "IN TIME" - there is a deadline. If we are past this deadline, we will miss the chance to do something. The show starts at 8 p.m. and no one is admitted after the show starts. I hope we will make it to the theater in time. In the end or At the end IN THE END means finally, after all. It suggests that something happened after a lot of changes, problems or uncertainty. Are you going to marry her in the end? AT THE END simply refers to position at the end of something. at the end of the month, at the end of the film, at the end of May. The opposite of 'at the end' is 'at the beginning' of something. Do you want to learn something new today? These four words are quite similar and it can be complicated to understand which one you need to use.
Something means a thing that is unknown. It is often used in positive sentences. Anything means a thing of any kind. Use it in questions and negative sentences. It can also be used to to mean I don't mind. Nothing means no single thing. Used as subjects of a sentence or question. Everything means all the things. Use in affirmative, negative and interrogative sentences when we want to be inclusive. |