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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

computers go through or be through

How should I write this?

My computer has been gone through 1052 power cycles.

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Yes, I would use BEEN THROUGH, although GONE THROUGH is probably OK too. In this usage, BEEN THROUGH is similar to EXPERIENCED (verb, past tense). Just as a person might EXPERIENCE (in the verb sense) a train trip, for example, a computer EXPERIENCES a power-cycle each time its power is turned off and back on.

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  • Yes, I would use BEEN THROUGH, although GONE THROUGH is probably OK too.
  • In this usage, BEEN THROUGH is similar to EXPERIENCED (verb, past tense).
  • Just as a person might EXPERIENCE (in the verb sense) a train trip, for example, a computer EXPERIENCES a power-cycle each time its power is turned off and back on.
  • You could also say "My computer has been power-cycled 1052 times [so far] [in its lifetime]" (words in []s are optional).
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Yes, I would use BEEN THROUGH, although GONE THROUGH is probably OK too.
In this usage, BEEN THROUGH is similar to EXPERIENCED (verb, past tense). Just as a person might EXPERIENCE (in the verb sense) a train trip, for example, a computer EXPERIENCES a power-cycle each time its power is turned off and back on.
You could also say "My computer has been power-cycled 1052 times [so far]
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