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Get a free English lesson every week! 2 MILLION subscribers! Click here! Recommended: > English translator > Our other sites | Finally or Eventually? Cours gratuits > Forum > English only || Bottom Finally or Eventually? Message from may posted on 19-12-2009 at 03:24:55 (D | E | F) Hello, These 2 adverbs have similar meaning. That makes me think how to select one to get the perfect sense for my idea: After hours of struggling through the heavy traffic on a snowy day, he's finally able to reach home safe and sound! or After hours of struggling through the heavy traffic on a snowy day, he's able to reach home safe and sound, eventually! Regards, May ------------------- Edited by lucile83 on 19-12-2009 08:25 Re: Finally or Eventually? from traviskidd, posted on 19-12-2009 at 09:30:31 (D | E) Hello! "Finally" is better here. "Eventually" has a meaning similar to "sooner or later". See you! Re: Finally or Eventually? from may, posted on 19-12-2009 at 22:06:53 (D | E) Hello, Thank you Travis for your explanation. However, Can you be more specific? Please put EVENTUALLY in a sentence which means SOONER OR LATER, can't you? Thanks and Regards, Re: Finally or Eventually? from brettdallen, posted on 19-12-2009 at 22:20:10 (D | E) Hello May, I'll suggest a few examples: "We'll do it eventually." This means that one day or another, we'll do it. "Eventually I will leave you." ((I don't know when, it may be sooner or later, but one day it will happen.) Now, when you use the adverb with a sentence in the past, it sounds closer to "finally"(in the end), and that's probably why you're confused. Hope it helps. Bye! Re: Finally or Eventually? from traviskidd, posted on 20-12-2009 at 21:35:59 (D | E) I agree with brett's explanations. "Eventually" means "one day" (or "at some point"; it doesn't necessarily have to be a different day or even a different minute). When used in a future sense one can also say "someday" or "sooner or later". - "If you keep rolling the dice, you will eventually roll a 12." Re: Finally or Eventually? from may, posted on 22-12-2009 at 19:59:07 (D | E) Hello, Thank you Brett and Travis  Cours gratuits > Forum > English only |
