This is evidence that the done my homework construction is not an instance of a verb phrase in the perfect aspect but rather is more like an adjective phrase. (4a) shows a typical example of all modifying an adjective phrase (namely, ready for school), and (4b) shows an analogous example of the done my homework construction with modification by all:īy contrast, done my homework may not be modified by all when it is used in a sentence with the perfect aspect. However, the phrase done my homework is actually more similar to adjective phrases such as ready for school because, like an adjective phrase, these phrases can be modified by the degree word all. (A sentence that, like this one, contains have plus a participle is said to be in the perfect aspect). The done my homework construction may seem to resemble a sentence like I have done my homework. The following description is based on their work. The syntax of this construction has recently been studied in some detail by Fruehwald and Myler (2013, 2015).

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It has not been found in the dialects of the United Kingdom or elsewhere outside of North America. The done my homework construction is a widespread characteristic of Canadian English, and it is also found in the United States among speakers in the Philadelphia area, southern New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland and the northern part of New England (Yerastov 2008, 2010a, 2010b, 2012, 2016 Hinnell 2012 Fruehwald and Myler 2013, 2015 Zanuttini et al.

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