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Nina_Nia Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
The difference between she has been gone and she is gone etc
Hello,
Are the explanations correct?
She has been gone to Rome (She is not in Rome at the moment.She has returned. I am not sure if it is right)
She has gone to Rome(She is still there)
She is gone to Rome ( The same as above)
She has been to Rome (She is not in Rome at the moment she has returned)
What is the name of this structure; She has been gone?
Thanks
Are the explanations correct?
She has been gone to Rome (She is not in Rome at the moment.She has returned. I am not sure if it is right)
She has gone to Rome(She is still there)
She is gone to Rome ( The same as above)
She has been to Rome (She is not in Rome at the moment she has returned)
What is the name of this structure; She has been gone?
Thanks
Top answer
(X) She has been gone to Rome -- This construction is wrong. She has gone to Rome = She recently left here. She is gone to Rome = She recently left here.
- (X) She has been gone to Rome -- This construction is wrong.
- She has gone to Rome = She recently left here.
- She is gone to Rome = She recently left here.
- This construction is casual or substandard She has been to Rome = She has visited Rome in the past.
- None of your sentences speak to her present whereabouts.
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(X) She has been gone to Rome-- This construction is wrong.
She has gone to Rome = She recently left here.
She is gone to Rome = She recently left here. This construction is casual or substandard
She has been to Rome = She has visited Rome in the past.
None of your sentences speak to her present whereabouts.
She has gone to Rome = She recently left here.
She is gone to Rome = She recently left here. This construction is casual or substandard
She has been to Rome = She has visited Rome in the past.
None of your sentences speak to her present whereabouts.
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