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The difference in meaning between:-I have done the homeworkI have the homework done

AlpheccaStars · Accepted Answer

I have done the homework. This is a very natural sentence.
I have the homework done. Although it may be grammatically passable, no native English speaker would say it.

Avangi · Answer

AnonymousI have done the homework
I have the homework done

"I have done the homework" is the easy one - present perfect tense. The action has been [recently] completed.
I have eaten the apple.

"I have the homework done" can have at least two interpretations.

To have something done can mean that you arrange for someone else to do it.
I have my laundry sent out. (habitual behavior - I usually have that done)
I have someone else do it. .
(It's not exactly unusual to pay someone to do your homework, write your thesis, etc.)

I have the homework in my pocket. I have the homework done. .

To me, these are adverbial. They describe how you have the homework.
The question is perhaps more common: Do you have your homework done yet?
(Do you have it ready?)

There are probably more useful ways to analyze it.

If you say, "Yes, it is done," "done" seems like an adjective (subject complement).

AlpheccaStars · Answer

It is often used in the future. This is quite natural:

I will have the homework done before dinner time.

It means - I will finish my homework before dinner.

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