tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8432864303488430100.post4742642044207849628..comments2024-02-13T05:31:29.947-03:00Comments on Natively Speaking Comics: End upFrankhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17092018023212046660noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8432864303488430100.post-31708672522239768742012-01-06T12:42:54.755-03:002012-01-06T12:42:54.755-03:00Sure, the above comment is correct, but there are ...Sure, the above comment is correct, but there are many more situations where you could use "end up" with an expected/ predictable outcome... for example, look at # 1/3/4/5 in the examples above. Language sometimes cannot be confined to one set of circumstances.Frankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17092018023212046660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8432864303488430100.post-56817315595883357282012-01-06T12:23:03.891-03:002012-01-06T12:23:03.891-03:00end up we actually use this phrase to mean To fina...end up we actually use this phrase to mean To finally be in a particular place or situation, especially willingly or unwillingly or unexpectedly<br /><br />when u say "i was travelling across europe and planning to end up in moscow" u show your willingness . u want it.u want to be there<br /><br />but when u say 'i was travelling across europe and ended up in moscow for some reason' u mean u did not want it or it happened unexpectedly or all of a sudden. <br /><br />My 2 cents.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8432864303488430100.post-51140569630267178992011-11-19T06:32:29.448-03:002011-11-19T06:32:29.448-03:00Hi Pablo, yes, I agree with you...
The punch line ...Hi Pablo, yes, I agree with you...<br />The punch line (conclusion of the joke/ cartoon) doesn't make sense in a logical way, specifically because it doesn't make sense for the rat to say "I meant well" (I had good intentions) when he cut a tree down and crushed the goat's house... there is no way that anyone could have good intentions doing that... BUT, if you understand that the rat's arguments are always ways to excuse the bad things he does, then you will know that many times his answers may not be logical. He is really sarcastic. Anyways... the focus is not really the punchline for me, but the discussion that precedes it. If you understand the expression, "end up", then that's the best you can take away from this comic strip. Thanks for the comment!Frankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17092018023212046660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8432864303488430100.post-37454464222367422752011-11-18T14:30:48.578-03:002011-11-18T14:30:48.578-03:00I didn't get the cartoon story.
Confusing...I didn't get the cartoon story.<br />Confusing...Pablohttp://www.twitter.com/pablotorrensnoreply@blogger.com