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Anonymous Posted 19 years ago
Grammar
Went or Gone?
Hi,
Alan was looking for Amy and asked one of her friends who was seen to be with her earlier.
Which of these questions should Alan have used?
1) Do you know where Amy went?
2) Do you know where Amy has gone?
I have a feeling the (2) is the correct one.
Alan was looking for Amy and asked one of her friends who was seen to be with her earlier.
Which of these questions should Alan have used?
1) Do you know where Amy went?
2) Do you know where Amy has gone?
I have a feeling the (2) is the correct one.
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They are both okay. #2 if Amy's departure was quite recent.
- They are both okay.
- #2 if Amy's departure was quite recent.
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AnonymousHi,IMO, #2 is BrE.
Alan was looking for Amy and asked one of her friends who was seen to be with her earlier.
Which of these questions should Alan have used?
1) Do you know where Amy went?
2) Do you know where Amy has gone?
I have a feeling the (2) is the correct one.
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I feel small differences like this do not annoy native speakers much. As far as I know, they are very context-dependent and subjective occasionally. I wish I could master them but as for now, I think I have bigger problems to worry about. Of course, if the native speakers could give an easy-to-understand explanation, I'm curious to know too.
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