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Sundarnaz Posted 8 years ago
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Have gone / going
I've gone to the seminary. Pack up your things, because we're going back to Spain tonight. I'll be back by late afternoon.
By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept
By Paulo Coelho
That's a note the protagonist wrote to his beloved before he went to seminary. I don't understand why he said 'I've gone' and not 'I'm going', as he wrote the note before he left?
Thanks in advance.
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sundarnaz I don't understand why he said 'I've gone' and not 'I'm going', as he wrote the note before he left? He is using the tense that will be correct at the time the note is read.
- sundarnaz I don't understand why he said 'I've gone' and not 'I'm going', as he wrote the note before he left?
- He is using the tense that will be correct at the time the note is read.
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sundarnazI don't understand why he said 'I've gone' and not 'I'm going', as he wrote the note before he left?
He is using the tense that will be correct at the time the note is read.
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