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: Connor (fenoxielo524) wrote in linguaphiles,
2009-04-29 12:44:00

Connor
fenoxielo524
linguaphiles
2009-04-29 12:44:00

I've noticed an interesting phenomenon among some of my college friends. Most often, my roommate from New Hampshire says "Are you done your project yet?" As a Californian, this sounds odd. I would either say "Have you done your project yet?" or "Are you done with your project yet?" I've only noticed this recently, as earlier I think I was filling in the "with" in my mind. How common is this variant? Of course, if you would say it, give your variety of English.

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