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'Cleft' structures with it, what etc can be used to focus on particular parts of a sentence and give them extra importance (see 130-131).
It was John who paid for the drinks.
What I need is a good rest.
Do can be used to emphasise an affirmative verb (see above). She does seem to be trying. Do COTlW in.
Myself, yourselfetc can be used to emphasise nouns (see 493). I got a letter from the Managing Director himself.
Indeed can be used to empbasise very with an adjective or adverb (see 273). I was very surprised indeed.
Very can emphasise superlatives, next, last, first and same (see 140.4). I'd like a bottle ofyour very best wine.
The letter arrived on the very next day.
We were born in the very saTlW street in the very same year.
Repetition can be used for emphasis (see 500.7).
She looks much, much older than she used to.
185 end and finish: verbs
1 both used
These verbs have similar meanings, and are often both possible.
What time does the concert end/finish? Term ends/finishes on June 23.
2 completing an activity
When we talk. about completing something that we are doing, we usually prefer finish.
She's always starting something new, but she never finishes anything. You'll never finish that hamburger - U's too big for YOlL
Are you still writing letters?'" No, I've finished.
3 changes
End is more common when there is an important change.
I decided it was time to end our affair.
It's time to end the uncertainty - the Prime Minister must speak out. The Second World War ended in 1945.
We also prefer end to talk about a special way of bringing something to a close or 'shaping' the end of something.
How do you end a letter to somebody you don't know?
The ceremony ended with a speech from the President. End is often used to talk about physical sbapes.
The road ended in a building site. (NOT The ffltltijinishetl ...) Nouns that end in -s have plurals in -es.
4 -ing forms
Finish, but not end, can be followed by an -ing form (see 296). I finished teaching at 3.00. (NOT I elided tettelting ...)
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