ESL General English Grammar Questions

Re: turns out/ends up

CalifJim — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 17:13:59 GMT

Angliholic
Does "turns out" in the above amount to "ends up?"

One 'amounts to' the other in the sense that both are associated with the idea of final results or conclusions, but the grammar and more detailed meaning of the two expressions is different, so you can't make an exact subsitution.

It turns out that they ..., but They ended up ---ing. Not It ends up that they ..., nor They turn out ---ing.

It turns out that they went to college together. = The facts that were revealed in the course of the conversation were such that we ultimately realized that they had gone to college together.

They ended up going to college together. = As the result of the course of events and/or decisions leading up to their actions, they went to college together. = The final result was that they went to college together.

Re: turns out/ends up

Tanit — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 16:53:48 GMT

Hi,

I don't think so (but I'm not a native, so there might be a meaning of "end up" I'm not aware of). Maybe you'll find the following entry from the Cambridge Dictionaries useful.

turn out
to be known or discovered finally and surprisingly:
[+ to infinitive] The truth turned out to be stranger than we had expected.
[+ that] It turns out that she had known him when they were children.

turns out/ends up

Angliholic — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 14:45:41 GMT

I introduced Richard to Mike, but it turns out that they went to college together.

Hi,

Does "turns out" in the above amount to "ends up?" Thanks.