eventually - English Language Usage Stack Exchange Use finally or eventually to say that something happens after a long time Finally we managed to get the car to start When she eventually turned up, the food was cold Use eventually or in the end to say what the result or outcome of something was They eventually got bored and went home In the end we decided to cancel the trip
Eventually — in the past or by some point in the future About the only way to use eventually with some form of past construction is if the person doing the sending has been long gone (dead, or in an unknown state) and the person making the statement has no way of knowing whether what was sent arrived For example, "There is no record that Caesar ever made good on his promise, but it is likely that
etymology - How did the meaning of eventually diverge from the French . . . However, the adverb eventually has the strong "finally" sense and it is a good example of a false friend (faux ami) when compared to the etymologically related words in Germanic, Romance and West Slavic languages which have the "possibly" sense: éventuellement (French) eventuell (German and Swedish) eventualmente (Italian, Portuguese and Spanish)
Yet is to already as what is to eventually? Could never do? My non-native-English-speaking intuition tells me that the same word eventually wouldn't be appropriate in the negative sentence, the same way as already wouldn't in the first example Is there any truth in this? Assuming there is, I would normally use never + Past Indefinite to express the "opposite" 1 of eventually
grammar - English Language Usage Stack Exchange I will practice my punches until eventually I can punch a hole through my punching bag Use: I will practice my punches until I can eventually punch a hole through my punching bag However use of eventually in either way can tend to give the meaning of slow eventual happening, like you slowly punching a hole through the bag over time
punctuation - Is there precedent for eventually dropping apostrophes . . . Originally those words were written with apostrophes in the place of the parts that were dropped So telephone was originally shortened to 'phone before being eventually shortened to phone Omnibus was originally 'bus before it was bus
Is there a difference between eventually and in the future? However, common synonyms of eventually include at last, finally, ultimately, in the end, all suggestive of later-rather-than-sooner, unlike future, which makes no commitment about when something will happen
Word for disliking something at first but then eventually liking it One of the perfect uses of the phrase I would say that "acquired taste" matches more closely to the situation the OP described here and would go out on a limb and admit that it is more suitable to that specific situation than "grow on {someone}" because the latter phrase has a connotation of becoming adjusted to it or got a habit of it but the phrase "acquired taste" has very important