The story would end very differently. vs The story would end in an unexpected way.

Both phrases are correct, but they convey slightly different meanings. The first phrase implies that the ending of the story would be different from what was expected, while the second phrase specifically mentions that the ending would be unexpected. The choice between the two depends on the nuance you want to convey.

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The story would end very differently.

This phrase is correct and commonly used to indicate a different ending from what was anticipated.

This phrase is used to suggest that the ending of a story would be significantly altered from what was initially thought or predicted.

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If I chose to stay with her, knowing the risks, all I could do was give her love and respect... and see how the story would end.
We are not omniscient, or today would have gone very differently.
And we grew up very differently.
But you do it very differently.
I think I'm playing them very differently.
You and I remember it very differently.
You and I remember Budapest very differently.
You and I remember Budapest very differently.
Now that we know neither Frank or John killed her, this video plays very differently.
He is also in prison, so you'll find he and I operate very differently.
I sound the same, but I spell some words very differently.
See, I'm prepared to write you a check that will make you look upon my daughter very differently.
If I had known, this all would have played out very differently.
Sometimes I wonder if I'd been more honest with Ted... that this might have all turned out very differently.
It does not replace your mother, but it fills me very differently.
You say we're the same, but we get compensated very differently.
If people have access to the necessities of life without servitude, debt, barter, trade; they behave very differently.
Back in the day, we would have handled this VERY differently.
Back in the day, we would have handled it VERY differently.
Then when a man gets older and he thinks very differently.

Alternatives:

the story would have a completely different ending.
the story would take a different turn.
the story would conclude in a unique manner.

The story would end in an unexpected way.

This phrase is also correct and conveys the idea that the ending of the story would be surprising or unforeseen.

This phrase specifically highlights that the ending of the story would not follow the expected or predicted path, introducing an element of surprise.

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Thus the activism of the Commission on points of detail sometimes comes back to haunt it in an unexpected way.
And I know we got back together in an unexpected way, but the minute we broke up, I wanted you back.
Indeed, it was possible to welcome the weakness of the single currency initially in 1999, as it favoured growth in an unexpected way, but you cannot for ever hide the fact that it is, in fact, symptomatic of bad policies and bad operating conditions.
Throw in an unexpected obstacle and a little physics...
Forgive me, I was in an unexpected press conference.
It's as if some second gravitational force was passing by and shoved Sedna onto a different trampoline, so that it bounces in an unexpected region.
In an unexpected turn of events, I was neither a winner nor a loser.
If I chose to stay with her, knowing the risks, all I could do was give her love and respect... and see how the story would end.
"In an unexpected turn of events, the lawyer for alleged - "
Nonetheless, in an unexpected attack of hubris a couple of years ago, I decided I would try and do that.
The Oostlander report tentatively moves in an unexpected direction, namely the internal reform of the policies and institutions of the EU itself (see item G and paragraph 36).
And although it had come about in an unexpected manner... aren't those the same clothes you were wearing last nightin the bar?
In an unexpected turn of events, I was neither a winner nor a loser. I was a chooser.
As you mentioned, Madam Vice-President/High Representative, you doubt that a new initiative of this kind would end in a more positive way.
It all happened in a very unexpected way.
Life surprises us in unexpected ways.
Leather, but in unexpected ways.
It's something that can inform all sorts of science in unexpected ways.
Or someone else's secret might affect you in unexpected ways.
Then they just repeated the story to their mentor so the stories would match.

Alternatives:

the story would have a surprising conclusion.
the story would end with a twist.
the story would conclude unexpectedly.

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The story would end very differently. vs The story would end in an unexpected way.