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ABOUT TO FINISH vs ABOUT TO END

Both 'about to finish' and 'about to end' are correct and commonly used phrases in English. They are interchangeable and can be used to indicate that something is close to completion or conclusion.

Last updated: March 24, 2024 • 1344 views

ABOUT TO FINISH

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used to indicate that something is close to completion or reaching its end.

Examples:

I am about to finish my homework.
The project is about to finish.
She is about to finish her meal.

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How can the Commissioner raise awareness - I am about to finish - among her fellow Commissioners and the entities which deal with European monetary policy in terms of rebalancing...
The Fifth Progress Report - I am about to finish, Madam President - makes specific reference to transition regions, which are situated between convergence regions and competitiveness and employment regions.
I was just about to finish with someone.
Now you're about to finish shooting.
He's about to finish reading the book.
I was about to finish the keg myself.
Ben was just about to finish his dance.
Ava's just about to finish what you started.
- I'm about to finish cleaning it.
He's about to finish his Ph.D., and he was filmed recently with someone you all know.
Now, Kevin, we're about to finish up our last seminar.
I was about to finish my shift when we got hit with the lights and sirens.
She pulled the trigger on you in Paris and she was about to finish the job.
As I w about to finish out the litter, that'when daddy Scott abandoned me.
This burning boat is about to finish us both off.
This burning boat is about to finish us both off.
The last I saw him, my beautiful mistress was about to finish him off.
The inspector ~ was about to finish his story.
Ava's just about to finish what you started.
That indicates that the tape is about to finish.

Alternatives:

nearing completion
approaching the end
close to finishing
almost done

ABOUT TO END

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used to indicate that something is close to reaching its conclusion or coming to an end.

Examples:

The movie is about to end.
The meeting is about to end.
His journey is about to end.

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Well, life is about to end, anyway.
My shift's about to end.
Unlike our bartender, Ken Marion... who was about to end his shift to go home and study.
Just as the world was about to end, there came a moment of peace.
The reign of the Bourbons is about to end.
Whereas I, am about to end, by now.
Your life is about to end.
It means that this whole nightmare is about to end.
Your reign of terror is about to end.
Your life is about to end, and you still can't accept defeat.
Listen, Carmela... our journey is about to end, but before arriving...
A minute and a half of knowing that your life is about to end.
But it's May, the school is about to end.
The world is about to end, thanks to you.
You did, but the third quarter's about to end, and if you want Deron Williams playing for you in the fourth, this is his number.
Well, the fun's about to end, Jean Claude, because while we've been standing around chatting, our other master spy has been effortlessly breaching your compound's security.
I'm participating in a history that's about to end, then begin again
If our world's about to end, why don't you look worried?
Okay, the world is about to end, and we're standing around talking!
Do you understand that the world is about to end?

Alternatives:

nearing its conclusion
approaching its end
close to ending
almost over

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