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Maj Posted 22 years ago
Grammar

Missing

1.Have you gone missing?
2.Have you been missing?

Are these two sentences correct? Is there any difference in meaning?
  

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You could say both of these. Do not know why you'd want to! ) .....

— Suzi

  • You could say both of these.
  • Do not know why you'd want to!
  • ) .....
  • the period of "being missing" is still on-going.
  • The other suggests that the period of "being missing" has finished as the conversation could happen face to face.
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You could say both of these. Do not know why you'd want to! I assume the first one would be in a letter or on the phone; it suggests that the other person is not around to ask "face to face" (or they would not be missing, they would be in there!) ..... the period of "being missing" is still on-going.

The other suggests that the period of "being missing" has finished as the conv
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