"Done" is the past participle of the verb "do".
I cringe at usage such as a "Done" deal OR "Are you done your homework"
Of course, you could say you have done a steak on the grill; you might say "well-done", but to say that you are "done" with your dinner implies thjat something was "done" to you.
Any comments?
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From your namesake: (James 5:10 KJV)
Take, my brethren, the prophets, who have spoken in the name of the Lord, for an example of suffering affliction, and of patience.
Have you ever said, "Let's do lunch"? Have you ever "gone to a do"?
If you had gone and done it, then you would have done did what the do was when the do was done.
ie. "We will do dinner". "We are doing dinner". "We did dinner". = do as the verb forms. Done does not even fit as a verb form of do. "Dinner had been done" = 'had been' for the past tense of 'is' rather than do.
Unless you want to bring in "who has done this?", I would keep done as purely an adjective equating to 'finished'
James510 said:
I cringe at usage such as a "Done" deal OR "Are you done your homework"
A caller to AWWW last year made the comment that her father always said: "Meat is done, but people are through." To me, "Are you through with your homework" sounds much better.
I don't mind being "done with" something, but using done alone drives me crazy. My husband would say, "Are you done your homework?" but I would say, "Are you done with your homework?" I wonder if this is a regional variation. He's from the east coast, and I'm from Colorado. I had never even heard this construction until I met him.