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BMO
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 Posted: Mon Jun 27, 2005 11:11 am Post subject: Done gone |
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I have seen quite a few on the Internet, what is it?
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toe
Joined: 12 Jun 2005
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| Posted: Mon Jun 27, 2005 4:15 pm Post subject: |
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"Done gone" as in, "My woman left me last week. She done gone."
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It sounds like something from a country music song, doesn't it?
Anyone?
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bud
Joined: 09 Mar 2003
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| Posted: Mon Jun 27, 2005 7:10 pm Post subject: |
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Definitely, Toe!.. I think it is used in rural areas and could appear in front of many past participles, not just gone. I think it is a regional replacement for "have/had" in the perfect tenses. Also, it is possible that in that use, the simple past could follow it instead of the past participle.
Like...
I done finished my homework.
I done went to Reno last week.
Do they sound plausible to you, Toe? |
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BMO
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| Posted: Mon Jun 27, 2005 7:16 pm Post subject: |
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Thank you, toe and Bud. And they say Chinese is hard.
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bud
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| Posted: Mon Jun 27, 2005 7:30 pm Post subject: |
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English is tough for any foreign speaker to learn. It is even that more amazing when your native language has a completely different alphabet, sound system, and grammar. My hat is off to you guys (or at least it would be if I wore a hat)! |
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toe
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| Posted: Mon Jun 27, 2005 7:51 pm Post subject: |
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You done hit the nail on the head, bud! 
I certainly agree that the students of English here are to be commended! It is no easy task to learn to think in another language, especially one so fraught with quirks and inconsistencies and weirdness! 
(There should be an emoticon for 'hats off.')
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bud
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| Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2005 9:03 am Post subject: |
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| Good one, Toe! |
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BMO
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| Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2005 5:27 am Post subject: |
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Hat off to the tireless teachers. Hooray!
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