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Eipjoo Posted 13 years ago
Vocabulary
He's gone
"Professor Dumbledore left ten minutes ago," she said coldly. "He received an urgent owl from the Ministry of Magic and flew off for London at once."
"He's gone?" said Harry frantically. "Now?"
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What’s the original form of the highlighted?
"He's gone?" said Harry frantically. "Now?"
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What’s the original form of the highlighted?
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"He is" is the uncontracted form.
- "He is" is the uncontracted form.
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Aspara GusHe isSo He's gone is for He is gone, not He has gone, isn't it?
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"He’s" can be a contraction of "he has", but "Now?" makes the full form clear.
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Sometime in the past (ten minutes ago), he went, so now he's not here.: So isn’t “He has gone” right?
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eipjooSo isn’t “He has gone” right?Not in the passage you have posted. Harry could have said either "He has gone?" or "He is gone?" with no real difference in meaning, but as I said, "Now?" makes the intent clear, i.e., "He is gone now?" is correct, but "He has gone now?" is not correct.
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