done/through (was: Those pesky negatives (revisited))

Geoff Nathan an6993 at WAYNE.EDU
Fri Aug 13 12:33:17 UTC 2004


At 09:06 PM 8/12/2004, you wrote:
>Geoff, which "it" is it that you'd "probably not write," "done" or
>"through"?  For me, "done" doesn't work on any level in this particular
>environment. It's too stylistically foreign. I'm more accustomed to
>hearing "I ain't got nary another one" than I am to hearing, "When
>you're done with that, can I have it?" But, "When you're through with
>that, can I have it?" is aces with me.

Either--for me they're stylistically identical.

Geoff



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