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Robin
I'm done with doing?
1. I'm almost done with writing a novel.
2. I'm almost done writing a novel.
3. I'm almost done with my eating.
are they correct?
Thank you!
Jun 12, 2014 2:25 AM
Answers · 12
1
1. Incorrect. second one is the right answer.
2. Correct
3. Incorrect. I'm almost done eating.
June 12, 2014
I think they are, but to me the phrase sounds very American. It is not one I would use.
June 12, 2014
Thank you Ben. I got it now:)
June 26, 2014
typo: "I hate writing a novel so much that I almost never ever want to write one again."
June 25, 2014
They all have different means and can all be correct.
Sentence 1 means: "I hate writing a novel so much that I almost never ever to write one again."
Sentence 2 means: "I have nearly finished writing a novel." Or "I am nearly completely exhausted writing a novel. (It nearly killed me.)"
Sentence 3 means: "I am nearly losing all interest in or getting completely fed up with this concentrated or over- eating" (either as a job - such as being a food critic - or as a deliberate act/habit of indulgence).
Now you understand.
June 24, 2014
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