Timeline for Usage of “That's final”
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| Jul 28, 2014 at 11:55 | comment | added | FumbleFingers | @Phil Frost: I didn't express myself very well. I mean most instances of "That's final" could be replaced by "That's that" with no significant change in meaning. Not the other way around, since the latter is more general, and can have many other senses, including yours. | |
| Jul 28, 2014 at 11:04 | comment | added | Phil Frost | @FumbleFingers I wouldn't say they are equivalent. "That's final" is used in negotiations when one person is unwilling to negotiate more. "that's that" might be used to conclude any sort of sequence which may not even be a negotiation, such as reassembling an engine, or sweeping the floor. "Sweep the dust into the dustpan, throw it out, and that's that." | |
| Jul 26, 2014 at 13:24 | comment | added | FumbleFingers | Any "arrogant or authoritarian connotations" attach to the context - the words themselves are effectively neutral. Note that in most contexts, "That's that" (stress on second word) is equivalent, and far more common. | |
| Jul 26, 2014 at 12:04 | answer | added | Niall | timeline score: 1 | |
| Jul 26, 2014 at 11:40 | answer | added | Phil Frost | timeline score: 0 | |
| Jul 26, 2014 at 8:54 | answer | added | J.R.♦ | timeline score: 1 | |
| Jul 26, 2014 at 8:04 | history | asked | Brice C. | CC BY-SA 3.0 |