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English term
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Native in: Hindi 
Works in: English to Hindi, Hindi to English
final><finals
We use singular form if we are ferering to a single object. Here final is a single object because naturally we have only one match as final.
Could you inform me what is the justification and reason of using *finals* in the above context instead of *final*.
Thanks.
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Mexico
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Native in: English
Works in: Spanish to English, English
"finals" is the same as "final games..or matches"
Luck!
terry
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Note added at 2003-03-19 16:24:49 (GMT)
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Sorry!
That should read: \"far more common\".
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finals as in quarter-, semi-finals and final
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Georgios Paraskevopoulos
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awilliams
: there were no quarter finals but a "super six" stage; semis due to be played this week. It is expected that Aus and In will win their respective finals and move through to the final-one single match-sorry!:)
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I concur, I have no idea about cricket, but it was an example to illustrate the concept at hand: a number of elimination rounds leading to the single final, thus finals or plural for the whole.
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Mexico
Committed to Quality and Service
Native in: English (Variant: US)
Works in: German to English
finals
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Christopher Crockett
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walzl
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Ino66 (X)
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Refugio
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vixen
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The final series
Accuracy and Clarity in your Translation
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English, English, and 1 more.
quarter finals...
"finals" - just English usage
The Cricket World Cup :
There were no quarter finals but a "super six" stage; semis due to be played this week. It is expected that Aus and In will win their respective finals and move through to the final-one single match.
Australia are playing Sri Lanka and India playing Kenya. The winners will go through to the final.
As my colleague said, the use of "finals" is just common English usage.
They are talking about the last round here.
HTH.
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Note added at 2003-03-19 23:20:59 (GMT)
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NB- this particular instance may depend on publication date. If this was published 3 months ago, \"finals\" may have referred to the whole World Cup. However if published within the last few days the above would be correct.
Your language solution
Native in: Bulgarian 
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Finals
Slainte!
Your language solution
Native in: Bulgarian
Works in: Bulgarian, English to Bulgarian, Russian to Bulgarian, and 2 more.
Finals
Slainte!
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