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Diferencia entre in the end y at the end

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In the end and at the end are different things, which normally confuse students.

RULE

At the end (of something)

Some examples for yoy to understand it better.

1. At the end of the film I couldn’t help crying.

2. At the end of this street there is a big supermarket.
3. At the end of the book the main character, Lisa, dies.
4. At the end, the film was a bit boring.

As you can see, when we use at the end, we have a specific place/time. Sometimes we have the preposition
of to indicate that place/time, but sometimes we don’t, although that place/time is implict, for example:

At the end, the film was boring = at the end of what? Of the film.

Some phrases with at the end:

– at the end of the earth: en los confines de la tierra, en el culo del mundo (colloquial)

– at the end of the day: al terminar el día (he arrived home at the end of the day) and al fin y al cabo (at the
end of the day, there’s nothing we can do)
 In the end = finally (a modo de resumen de una idea)

Examples:

1. In the end 2,000 people attended the conference.

2. In the end I learnt you have to work very hard to be successful.

In the end = finalmente, al final, en definitiva, a fin de cuentas

The same happens with at the beginning and in the beginning.

1. In the beginning I couldn’t see my friend because there were many people there, but then I saw her.
2. At the beginning of the new year, I will give up smoking, this is my new year’s resolution.

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