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Bookmark or Share- Origin of "make ends meet" - English Language & Usage Stack ExchangeThe phrase is also known in the form to make both ends of the year meet, which might strengthen that connection if we think of the usual end-of-year accounting, except that that form isn’t the original one and wasn’t recorded until Tobias Smollett used it in Roderick Random in 1748. I would go with 1 or 2.
- What differences are between "at the end" and "on the end"?I am familiar with " at the end" and " in the end" constructions, but I have found in "English Grammar in Use" book, the following sentences that contain "on the end": Question tags are mini-questions that we often put on the end of a sentence in spoken English. Put a question tag on the end of these sentences.
- Meaning of "by" when used with dates - inclusive or exclusiveDue at or before a specific time on the date, such as the end of the workday for the person receiving the work. (the below veers off the topic of the word's usage, but I thought it was worth adding) Because of this ambiguity, it is extremely prudent to seek more clarification. At what time on that date does the deadline occur?
- "to no end" - English Language & Usage Stack Exchangeno end 1. A large number, a great deal, as in He made no end of campaign promises. This expression sometimes is put as no end to or no end of, meaning "no limit to" or "an incalculable amount of," as in There is no end to the junk mail we get, or There are no end of books in this house. {c. 1600} 2.
- grammar - Should we use year-end or end-year? - English Language ...The answer to your title question is general reference: 'mid-year exams' (or rarely, 'middle-of-year exams'), but 'end-of-year exams' or less commonly 'year-end exams'. As to why, perhaps it's because 'end-year' would seem to imply 1918 or 1945 say rather than December, but people feel uncomfortable using 'year-mid' as 'mid' as a noun is ...
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