At last or at last: which of the two ways is correct? The correct answer is that both are correct! Although they are similar and cause doubts in many people, the two hypotheses are used in Portuguese. Each of them has its own meaning and use.
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Understand a little more about each case:
"You finally arrived!" The word is usually used in this sense, as a synonym for finally. It gives the feeling that something “at last” has happened. Something, “at last”, happened.
It is classified in Portuguese as an adverb of time and can express something that is completed or will be completed soon. It can also give the idea of synthesis, of finalizing an idea.
Follow the examples below for the use of the word:
Some think that "in the end" is actually the correct way to spell "in the end". On the other hand, there are those who think that it is the wrong way to “at last”. It turns out that "in the end" has no connection with the similar word. Although the pronunciations are confusing, this is an expression with another meaning.
“In the end” is an adverbial phrase of time. It is the result of the union between the preposition “in” plus the noun “end”. Each of the two words has its own meaning when used separately, but form a phrase when put together.
The union between the two words expresses something that is at the end, unfinished, ending. Check out some examples of your job in the following sentences:
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