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PreciousJones Posted 14 years ago
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Gone
I'm talking to my friend who recently returned from Dubai that doesn't recognize the city anymore.
He says: Wow, I don't even remember this place had these buildings here.
I say: You had been gone for too long, that's why! Or
You were gone for too long, that's why! Or
You've been gone for too long, that's why!<---- incorrect because he's already back and not gone anymore.
Which ones are useable and why is it incorrect?
Thank you.
He says: Wow, I don't even remember this place had these buildings here.
I say: You had been gone for too long, that's why! Or
You were gone for too long, that's why! Or
You've been gone for too long, that's why!<---- incorrect because he's already back and not gone anymore.
Which ones are useable and why is it incorrect?
Thank you.
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Interesting. The only one you consider wrong is the only one I consider correct. The present perfect doesn't require that the predicate apply right up to the very instant of the utterance.
- Interesting.
- The only one you consider wrong is the only one I consider correct.
- The present perfect doesn't require that the predicate apply right up to the very instant of the utterance.
- A reasonable amount of time is allowed as a gap.
- CJ
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Interesting. The only one you consider wrong is the only one I consider correct. 
The present perfect doesn't require tha
The present perfect doesn't require tha
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