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Matthew.90 Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

I'm finished with you

"I'm finished with you"
"I'm done"

these sentence mean past in here? i mean it's not present tense,right?
I know those are passive sentence but is it pass or not?
  

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The sentences are grammatically in the present tense. I find it easier to think of "finished" and "done" as adjectives rather than as part of a passive construction. Although both sentences are in the present tense and describe a present state, there is a strong sense that this state has come about because of past events.

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  • The sentences are grammatically in the present tense.
  • I find it easier to think of "finished" and "done" as adjectives rather than as part of a passive construction.
  • Although both sentences are in the present tense and describe a present state, there is a strong sense that this state has come about because of past events.
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The sentences are grammatically in the present tense. I find it easier to think of "finished" and "done" as adjectives rather than as part of a passive construction.

Although both sentences are in the present tense and describe a present state, there is a strong sense that this state has come about because of past events.
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