Sorry, keramus. I really thought someone else would jump in and answer these questions. But since it's been a full and no one has, I'm back on the job.
keramus wrote:My question is this :
Can I use done instead of finished?
You're not done?
-No, I'm done, Carol. I'm done.
Thank you.
You can.
[My father was taught that
done was incorrect in this context, but after years of looking for support for this stand in various grammars and usage guides and finding nothing, he admitted that the rule he was taught was nonsense.]
keramus wrote:As you see in the picture, the blonde woman is kicking another woman in the stomach.
combat.jpg
Can the blonde woman say:
Take my kick.
(I mean that she wants to give her kick to another woman and she humorously offers the other woman to receive her kick)
combat1.jpg
And what is your opinion about this picture?
Can the African woman say:
Take my punch.
Those sentences are grammatically correct. Awkward, but correct. I can't really suggest alternatives, however.
"Richmond is a real scholar; Owen just learns languages because he can't bear not to know what other people are saying."--Margaret Lattimore on her two sons