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Tenacious Learner Posted 15 years ago
Grammar
Was gone
Hi teachers,
He was gone.
Is this a sentence in simple past where 'gone' is an adjctive?
If yes, can you give a couple of synonyms for 'gone'?
Thanks in advance
He was gone.
Is this a sentence in simple past where 'gone' is an adjctive?
If yes, can you give a couple of synonyms for 'gone'?
Thanks in advance
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Yes, it's a past participle used as an adjective. Depending on the shade of meaning, synonyms might be away, absent, lost, missing, dead . CJ
- Yes, it's a past participle used as an adjective.
- Depending on the shade of meaning, synonyms might be away, absent, lost, missing, dead .
- CJ
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Yes, it's a past participle used as an adjective. Depending on the shade of meaning, synonyms might be away, absent, lost, missing, dead.
CJ
CJ
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Exactly what the previous post just said, and also "He wasn't there any more".
(for example: "I saw him swimming in the sea, then suddenly he was gone!")
I think in a dictionary this might be described as an adverb though.
(for example: "I saw him swimming in the sea, then suddenly he was gone!")
I think in a dictionary this might be described as an adverb though.
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tinyteflteacherI think in a dictionary this might be described as an adverb though.See http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gone It's listed as an adjective.
CJ
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CalifJimsynonyms might be away, absent, lost, missing, dead.Also 'not present' right CalifJim?
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Thinking SpainAlso 'not present' right CalifJim?Yes, if you're allowing twowords.
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