Grammar fix
end up
finally be in a situation
to reach a place or situation after a series of events, often without planning to.
phrasal verbB1core
Hear it in context
Notice where the phrase sounds natural.
We took a wrong turn and ended up at the beach instead of the museum.
I planned to study engineering, but I ended up choosing psychology because I found it more interesting.
Fix the pattern
One small grammar move makes it sound right.
Not: I ended up to run the meeting.
Say: I ended up running the meeting.
'End up' takes -ing (or a place/adjective), never a to-infinitive.
Which sounds natural?
Tap the one a native speaker would say.
'End up' captures an unplanned outcome in two words. 'Eventually arrived in a situation of' is clumsy and unnatural.
Build natural chunks
Words that usually travel with it.
end up + outcome
- doing something
- somewhere
- in trouble
- alone