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Bookmark or Share- Done and dusted - English Language & Usage Stack ExchangeDone and dusted. One proposed origin relates to the use of sand or pounce to dry ink. However, there is no verified source for this origin, while the first documented use of the phrase "done and dusted" itself is in the 1950s-- long after the need to "dust" ink was common.
- "I'm done" or "I've done" - English Language & Usage Stack ExchangeUsually, "I have done" would require an object (done what, precisely?) and "I am done" would signify that one was finished with, say, a task. At least in the U.S., a person would be much more likely to say "I'm done" to indicate the conclusion of an activity like homework or chores, and so on.
- A single word for "someone who readily takes responsibility/new tasks ...a person disposed to initiate action, rather than take instructions; an enterprising person; a person with a strong drive to accomplish useful goals; especially, one whose career progresses rapidly. (Collaborative International Dictionary of English)
- What does "the deed is done, the doers undone" in a headline mean?"The deed is done, the doers undone "alludes to the story of Macbeth; that both Macbeth and Lady Macbeth plotted and committed murders (the deed is done), and subsequently became mentally tormented by their evil deeds (the doers undone). Besides alluding to the play in his headline, Bradley also brings other references from the play in his review.
- Usage of "done" vs. "done with." - English Language & Usage Stack ExchangeThe 1.9-billion-word Corpus of Global Web-Based English has 16 citations for "I'm done my ...", six from Canada, two from the USA and one each from Australia, Bangladesh, Britain, Nigeria, New Zealand, the Philippines and Singapore
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