[Grammar] What Has Done Is Done

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Jadoon 84

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What has done is done.
What is done has done.
Which one is a complete sentence?

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What has done is done.
What is done has done.
Which one is a complete sentence?


Neither is correct. "What has been done is done" is possible, but the natural phrase for what I think you are saying is "What's done is done", meaning that past actions can't be changed, we live with the consequences and move on.

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What has done is done.
What is done has done.
Which one is a complete sentence?


Neither is correct. "What has been done is done" is possible, but the natural phrase for what I think you are saying is "What's done is done", meaning that past actions can't be changed, we live with the consequences and move on.

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Yes, I was searching for "What's done is done" but please clarify that its mean 1, What is done is done or what has done is done?
 

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Yes, I was searching for "What's done is done" but please clarify that its mean 1, What is done is done or what has done is done?

As I said, "What has done is done" is not correct English. I have also given you the meaning of "What's done is done".

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In that phrase, "What's" is a contraction of "What is".
 
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