Well, I was tempted to analyze it as a passive, but it can’t be made active.

 

I am finished

 

The work finished  by me ?  No.  I can say ‘the work was finished by me,’ but now it really is a passive.

 

Janet

 

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From: Assembly for the Teaching of English Grammar [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Alison Cochrane
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Janet - isn't it the passive perfect

 

"I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be. "
~ Kahlil Douglas Adams



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