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Tenacious Learner Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

'Have you finished?' versus 'Are you finished?'

Hi Teachers,

If I want to ask someone if they have finished their homework, what's the difference between, 'Have you finished? and 'Are you finished?'

Thanks in advance
  

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Hi 'Have you finished? You usually tell 'are you finished' when you are more impatient and it is can be used with your friends and peers. ' Sounds more demanding and impolite to me.

— Prajwalkr

  • Hi 'Have you finished?
  • You usually tell 'are you finished' when you are more impatient and it is can be used with your friends and peers.
  • ' Sounds more demanding and impolite to me.
  • Prajwal
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Hi

'Have you finished? is more polite than the other.You usually tell 'are you finished' when you are more impatient and it is can be used with your friends and peers. I think it would be impolite to tell a senior person 'are you finished?' Sounds more demanding and impolite to me.

Prajwal
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Hi prajwalkr,

Thank you so much for your reply. I've never though about that.

This one, '... and it is can be used with your friends and peers', should be. '... and it can be used with your friends and peers'. You never use the verb 'be' with 'can'.
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Hi prajwalkr,

This is it! That's a UK Teacher's answer.

"Have you finished?" is the correct term and that can be said both formally and informally.

I think with either of the phrases, it depends on how you say it. If you approach an older person, or someone who you don't know very well, and who you would generally speak very politely to, it's possible to make the questio
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Hi prajwalkr,Hi prajwalkr,
Thank you so much for your reply. I've never though about that.
This one, '... and it is can be used with your friends and peers', should be. '... and it can be used with your friends and peers'. You never use the verb 'be' with 'can'.

Best,
TS
Hi TS,

I think you surely can. Why not?
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Emotion: wink This is the one!

Hi prajwalkr,

This is it! That's a UK Teacher's answer.

"Have you finished?" is the corr
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Hi Prajwal

For me, this one is wrong the red one, '... and it is can be used with your friends and peers'

TS
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Thinking SpainHi Prajwal
For me, this one is wrong the red one, '... and it is can be used with your friends and peers'

TS
Typo..
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