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Guest Posted 21 years ago
Grammar
'is gone' Vs 'has gone'
Hi, Which of the following sentences is correct:
1) He is gone out of the house
2) He has gone out of the house
Thank you.
1) He is gone out of the house
2) He has gone out of the house
Thank you.
Top answer
Hello Guest Both are correct. Some intransitive verbs (especially go, come, become, change) can use the auxiliary BE instead of HAVE in the present perfect and past perfect. g.
- Hello Guest Both are correct.
- Some intransitive verbs (especially go, come, become, change) can use the auxiliary BE instead of HAVE in the present perfect and past perfect.
- g.
- 1.
- He was gone before I got there.
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Hello Guest
Both are correct.
Some intransitive verbs (especially go, come, become, change) can use the auxiliary BE instead of HAVE in the present perfect and past perfect.
They don't mean exactly the same thing: sentence #1 puts more stress on the state of 'going out of the house', and sentence #2, on the time of going; e.g.
1. He was gone before I got t
Both are correct.
Some intransitive verbs (especially go, come, become, change) can use the auxiliary BE instead of HAVE in the present perfect and past perfect.
They don't mean exactly the same thing: sentence #1 puts more stress on the state of 'going out of the house', and sentence #2, on the time of going; e.g.
1. He was gone before I got t
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Hello, Mr. P.,
Is that a British thing? "BE gone" with a prepositional phrase of location doesn't seem to be grammatical in AmE.
?*Father is gone onto the roof to repair it.
?*Jane was gone to the supermarket for two hours.
?*Peter is gone away from the house just now.
They sound almost Biblical to me ("Christ is risen").
Is that a British thing? "BE gone" with a prepositional phrase of location doesn't seem to be grammatical in AmE.
?*Father is gone onto the roof to repair it.
?*Jane was gone to the supermarket for two hours.
?*Peter is gone away from the house just now.
They sound almost Biblical to me ("Christ is risen").
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Hello CJ
Yes, I think you're right. I spoke too soon.
I find I can say e.g.
1. 'Have you taken my car keys?'
'No, why?'
'Well, I thought I'd left them in the kitchen. But I just looked there, and they're gone.
But, as you say, if you modify it with a locative phrase, it does begin to sound a little strange:
2. 'Where's MissQ?'
'She
Yes, I think you're right. I spoke too soon.
I find I can say e.g.
1. 'Have you taken my car keys?'
'No, why?'
'Well, I thought I'd left them in the kitchen. But I just looked there, and they're gone.
But, as you say, if you modify it with a locative phrase, it does begin to sound a little strange:
2. 'Where's MissQ?'
'She
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Hello Guest
After reading CJ's post, I'd like to change my previous answer:
1) He is gone out of the house.
2) He has gone out of the house.
Both are grammatically correct; but the first sentence is archaic.
MrP
After reading CJ's post, I'd like to change my previous answer:
1) He is gone out of the house.
2) He has gone out of the house.
Both are grammatically correct; but the first sentence is archaic.
MrP
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Hello!
Well I had found the "is gone out of the house" pretty strange... I wanted to advise to leave the "out of the house" out.
My ears (but then they're only Belgian) are not offended by
she is gone, she was gone, will be gone but only if there's no mention of the place she's gone to.
"she will be gone by the time you arrive" sounds OK (no mention of where)
"she has gon
Well I had found the "is gone out of the house" pretty strange... I wanted to advise to leave the "out of the house" out.
My ears (but then they're only Belgian) are not offended by
she is gone, she was gone, will be gone but only if there's no mention of the place she's gone to.
"she will be gone by the time you arrive" sounds OK (no mention of where)
"she has gon
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If I know MissQ, there won't be much left for us, when she gets back.
Not that I'm saying I know MissQ that well (he added hastily).
MrP
Not that I'm saying I know MissQ that well (he added hastily).
MrP
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Yes, I agree, Mr. P. "He was gone for two weeks" is fine, while "He was gone for butter and eggs (and that perennial favorite, vodka)" and "He was gone into hiding for two weeks" are both exceedingly infelicitous to my ear, (which is only American, of course, pace Pieanne)!
Jim
Jim
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Hello Mr P & CJ
I call the construct . Many grammar books say this construct is rather archaic and takes only a limited number of intransitive moving verbs. But actually I come across such a sentence with a modern verb like "I am parked over there". Furthermore, I have a guess that the American collocation "I am done (=finished)" might come from this construct. Do you thin
I call the construct . Many grammar books say this construct is rather archaic and takes only a limited number of intransitive moving verbs. But actually I come across such a sentence with a modern verb like "I am parked over there". Furthermore, I have a guess that the American collocation "I am done (=finished)" might come from this construct. Do you thin
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