Timeline for I'm finished == I'm ready?
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| Sep 2, 2014 at 11:31 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/#!/StackEnglishLL/status/506766308151951360 | ||
| Sep 2, 2014 at 9:18 | comment | added | Damkerng T. | Check this out: macmillandictionary.com/dictionary/american/finished. What Swan mentioned is sense 1. What you seem to be thinking of is sense 2. Be careful. Using it without a good context (that will make what you say make sense) could make your listeners think of sense 3. | |
| Sep 2, 2014 at 6:16 | comment | added | Maulik V | @DmitryFucintv That fits to 'finished product' more. If a product is finished, it's ready (to use?). | |
| Sep 2, 2014 at 6:14 | history | edited | Dust_In_The_Wind | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Sep 2, 2014 at 6:09 | comment | added | Dmitrii Bundin | @user3169 M. Swan doesn't provide an example for "I'm ready". He just says that an adjective "finished" can be meaning 'ready'. | |
| Sep 2, 2014 at 5:12 | answer | added | Maulik V | timeline score: 1 | |
| Sep 2, 2014 at 4:56 | comment | added | user3169 | Do you mean something like "Now I am finished working so I am ready to go home." Or could you write a sample phrase with the usage you mention? | |
| Sep 2, 2014 at 4:12 | answer | added | Dust_In_The_Wind | timeline score: 1 | |
| Sep 2, 2014 at 3:58 | comment | added | Dmitrii Bundin | @user3169 Because finished can be used as an adjective after be meaning 'ready'. | |
| Sep 2, 2014 at 3:55 | comment | added | user3169 | No. Why do you think they have the same meaning? | |
| Sep 2, 2014 at 3:49 | history | asked | Dmitrii Bundin | CC BY-SA 3.0 |