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Offroad Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
He's been missing
Dear friends
He's gone missing.
He's been missing.
He is missing.
What are the differences between them?
Many thanks
He's gone missing.
He's been missing.
He is missing.
What are the differences between them?
Many thanks
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The differences are negligible, especially between the first two. Here's how they sound to my ear: The first says something happened to cause him to be lost. The second says he has been lost for some period of time.
- The differences are negligible, especially between the first two.
- Here's how they sound to my ear: The first says something happened to cause him to be lost.
- The second says he has been lost for some period of time.
- The third says that he is lost at this very moment.
- ) CJ
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The differences are negligible, especially between the first two.
Here's how they sound to my ear:
The first says something happened to cause him to be lost.
The second says he has been lost for some period of time.
The third says that he is lost at this very moment.
(The first way of saying it is less usual in the U.S.)
CJ
Here's how they sound to my ear:
The first says something happened to cause him to be lost.
The second says he has been lost for some period of time.
The third says that he is lost at this very moment.
(The first way of saying it is less usual in the U.S.)
CJ
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He's gone missing.
He's been missing.
He is missing.
The differences are chiefly grammatical. The meanings are the same.
The first contraction could stand for "he is gone" or "he has gone."
The second one could only stand for "he has been."
In the third one, "missing" is an adjective complement of the bei
He's been missing.
He is missing.
The differences are chiefly grammatical. The meanings are the same.
The first contraction could stand for "he is gone" or "he has gone."
The second one could only stand for "he has been."
In the third one, "missing" is an adjective complement of the bei
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