English Grammar Question?

Question

If I say "We have to be finished with everything by 5pm. Is it grammatically incorrect to say "We have to be finished everything by 5pm." ? Is this one of those used but not exactly in the rules things? What is the rule exactly.

Answer 1

"we have to be finished everything" is something that would be acceptable to say in most places but its still not correct. You need to have the "with" in there to make it a proper sentence.

Answer 2

The first one is correct but it does not sound right because of the word by. Since you used "we have to be" the proper sentence should be, "We have to be finished with everything come 5pm."

In an informal setting. you could say, " We have to finish everything by 5pm"

The second sentence is wrong.

Answer 3

Yes it is grammatically incorrect. (second sentence).
The sentence is complete after saying "We have to be finished by 5pm. " You can say;
"Everything has to be finished by 5pm.": ("by us" is accepted by the people you are talking to and does not need to be said) Or,
'We must finish everything by 5pm" ("must" means the same as "have to")

Answer 4

"We have to be finished with everything by 5pm." is correct. "We have to be finished everything by 5pm" does not make sense without the "with". You could leave out the "be" and say "We have to finish everything by 5pm." The second sentence is all wrong.

Answer 5

The first sentence is correct, but the second one should be "We have to finish everything by 5 pm."

Answer 6

They both mean the same thing and both are equally grammatically correct.

Answer 7

You could use both sentences, but the 2nd sentence makes the phrase more concise.