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Shubham Soni Posted 9 years ago
Grammar
How past participle can be used with verb to be?
Yesterday I saw a movie in which the criminal escaped from an house and the policeman told his senior that " he is gone"
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How past participle can be used with verb to be?
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In that sentence, the word gone is an adjective. com/dictionary/gone
- In that sentence, the word gone is an adjective.
- com/dictionary/gone
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In that sentence, the word gone is an adjective.
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Gone describes the state of the subject. There are many times when a past participle describes the state of the subject, not an action of the subject. Here are some examples.
He is not here. He is gone.
The job is finished.
The sun has set. The day is done.
The flowers are wilted.
The cars in this lot are sold. The buyers ca
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