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Vts nair Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Let me know exact meaning of these two sentence.

"All my work is finished & All my work has been finished"
  

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All my work is finished -you have finished all your work. All my work has been finished - firstly the work might have not been completed by yourself. Also because the sentence in present perfect tense, you finished you work in the past (as in the first sentence but it has a effect on now).

  • All my work is finished -you have finished all your work.
  • All my work has been finished - firstly the work might have not been completed by yourself.
  • Also because the sentence in present perfect tense, you finished you work in the past (as in the first sentence but it has a effect on now).
  • All my work has been finished, so I can go out tonight.
  • You are thinking about the present and the past at the same time in the second sentence.
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All my work is finished -you have finished all your work.

All my work has been finished - firstly the work might have not been completed by yourself. Also because the sentence in present perfect tense, you finished you work in the past (as in the first sentence but it has a effect on now).

All my work has been finished, so I can go out tonight. You are thinking about the prese
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Dave PhillipsAll my work has been finished - firstly the work might have not been completed by yourself.
That was my initial reaction as well. One of the main times to use the present perfect is when we don't know who did the action.

Actually, I think that "I have finished all my work" works better than anything else.
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I'd say that's when we use the passive voice (when we don't know/it's not important WHO did the action) Emotion: smile
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PhilipActually, I think that "I have finished all my work" works better than anything else.
I agree Philip
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I think the ambiguity about who has finished the work exists in both versions. I don't see how that factor makes the two statements different.

On the other hand, if the work is finished, the reference is to its current state, whereas if it has been finished, the reference is to the act of finishing it. The difference is quite subtle because each form implies the other.

If the
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Dave Phillips
PhilipActually, I think that "I have finished all my work" works better than anything else.
I agree Philip
I agree too.

If it is you that finished the work (and you should know) then it is more natural to use the above.

If it is not important who did it or you don't know who did it, then use
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If They are coming in Dammam in between this time let me know ?

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