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LouiST Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary

I'm done

What does 'I'm done pretending' mean?
I am done -> passive.
Does it mean 'I finish with pretending' ?

or another one:
'When you're gone ......'
you are gone -> passive.
Why not 'When you've gone .... '?

Thanks
LS
  

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What does 'I'm done pretending' mean? I am done -> passive-- No. 'Done' is used as an adjective.

— Mister Micawber

  • What does 'I'm done pretending' mean?
  • I am done -> passive-- No.
  • 'Done' is used as an adjective.
  • -- No, 'gone' is an adjective.
  • Why not 'When you've gone ....
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What does 'I'm done pretending' mean? I am done -> passive-- No. 'Done' is used as an adjective.
Does it mean 'I finish with pretending' ?-- Yes, 'I have finished with pretending.'

'When you're gone ......' you are gone -> passive.-- No, 'gone' is an adjective.
Why not 'When you've gone .... '?-- That is OK, too.
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But than I don't seem to get the difference between 'you're gone' and 'you've gone'?
When do I know if it's an adjective or the passive?
For example: told. Could that be an adjective? I'm told. (I have only known this sentence as a passive one, that somebody says you something.)
Same with all other verbs.

Anyway, Thank you.

LS
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A simple way to judge whether it's an adjective is to insert 'very' before it:

I'm very gone. (This may sound strange to you, but it is a reasonable statement in casual English)
I'm very tired.-- OK
(X) I'm very told. -- Meaningless. It must be a passive participle

A simple way to judge whether it is passive is to insert an agent with 'by':
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