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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
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is gone / has gone / has been gone

Hello, I don't know If I undestand correctly

1) He is gone - present simple, some information (maybe he will not return)

2) He has gone - present perfect (in past he went and hasn't returned yet)

3) He has been gone -present perfect continuos?

What is the difference between 2 and 3?

Thanks!
  

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Anonymous He is gone He is not here now. He is absent from this place. (Present) Anonymous He has gone He has left.

  • Anonymous He is gone He is not here now.
  • He is absent from this place.
  • (Present) Anonymous He has gone He has left.
  • He went away, so he's not here now.
  • Anonymous He has been gone He has not been here for some time.
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AnonymousHe is gone
He is not here now. He is absent from this place. (Present)
AnonymousHe has gone
He has left. He went away, so he's not here now.
AnonymousHe has been gone
He has not been here for some time. (This is the perfect form of the first one. Present perfect.)

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