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Roky0071 Posted 9 years ago
Grammar
"I am done" state or action verbs
"I am done"
My question is: when is the verb "done" used statively and when used as action or event?
My question is: when is the verb "done" used statively and when used as action or event?
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Done expresses the state of being complete or finished. "
- Done expresses the state of being complete or finished.
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Done expresses the state of being complete or finished. It is the past participle of "do."
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roky0071I am done.With nothing more than this, you can't communicate that an action has occurred. You need some kind of idiom with do that expresses an action. It seems that either you don't know what "done" means (in that sentence) or you don't fully understand what an action is, and I'm not sure which of t
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In form, "I am done" expresses a state of completion, but in practical use it overlaps with "I have finished", which can be seen as referring to the event or action of completing something.
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