English lesson for the day
Posted: 02 Dec 2014, 16:47Here’s your English lesson for the day
“Complete or Finished"
No dictionary has ever been able to satisfactorily define
the difference between “complete" and "finished."
However, during a recent linguistic conference, held in London, England,
and attended by some of the best linguists in the world,
Samsundar Balgobin, a Guyanese linguist, was the presenter
when he was asked to make that very distinction.
The question put to him by a colleague in the erudite audience was this:
“Some say there is no difference between
‘complete’ and ‘finished.’
please explain the difference in a way that is easy to understand
Mr. Balgobin’s response:
'When you marry the right woman, you are ‘complete.’
If you marry the wrong woman, you are ‘finished.’
And, if the right one catches you with the wrong one,
you are
‘completely finished”
His answer received a five minute standing ovation.
“Complete or Finished"
No dictionary has ever been able to satisfactorily define
the difference between “complete" and "finished."
However, during a recent linguistic conference, held in London, England,
and attended by some of the best linguists in the world,
Samsundar Balgobin, a Guyanese linguist, was the presenter
when he was asked to make that very distinction.
The question put to him by a colleague in the erudite audience was this:
“Some say there is no difference between
‘complete’ and ‘finished.’
please explain the difference in a way that is easy to understand
Mr. Balgobin’s response:
'When you marry the right woman, you are ‘complete.’
If you marry the wrong woman, you are ‘finished.’
And, if the right one catches you with the wrong one,
you are
‘completely finished”
His answer received a five minute standing ovation.