![]() ![]() I wouldn't have dreamed that people not only add the extra word but actually get into a prescriptive rage at people who do not.Īnd yet there's almost nothing discussing this anywhere. The fact that most English speakers would say "I'm done with x", and would consider the former phrase wrong actually shocks me. Does anyone with more formal linguistics education than I know more about this? To me, and I should note that I am Canadian (Alberta), the construction "I'm done x" is not only correct, but is in fact the way I would almost always express that thought. ![]() Though the forum posts and blogs are generally unsourced, low quality whining, they seem to come away with one conclusion (kind of) and that is that this construction is generally only heard in Canada (and maybe Phillidelphia). In fact, I considered posting them to r/badlinguistics as an excuse to ask the question there instead, but figured that questions really aren't in the spirit of the "bad" subreddits, so whatever, I'll just ask it outright. In fact, the only posts on this topic that I could find were a few stray blog posts and forum threads of people complaining about how the construction "I'm done my homework" or "I'm done work" or "I'm done the dishes" etc, are somehow wrong and horrid to the ear. I couldn't find an article on the topic to use as an excuse to ask this question anywhere. I wasn't quite sure how to make this post. ![]()
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