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were gone or had gone
Is it wrong to say that we were gone to our grandmothers house istead of we had gone to our grandmothers house. What is the difference between were gone and had gone
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Anonymous Is it wrong to say that we were gone to our grandmothers house istead of we had gone to our grandmothers house. Yes. "Were gone" is not an action, "Had gone" expresses an action.
- Anonymous Is it wrong to say that we were gone to our grandmothers house istead of we had gone to our grandmothers house.
- Yes.
- "Were gone" is not an action, "Had gone" expresses an action.
- Example: My friends were in the library at 2:00.
- But when I came back at 3:00, they were gone.
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AnonymousIs it wrong to say that we were gone to our grandmothers house istead of we had gone to our grandmothers house.Yes.
"Were gone" is not an action,
"Had gone" expresses an action.
Example:
My friends were in the library at 2:00. But when I came back at 3:00, they were gone. (They were not there. )
My friends were in t
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But "were gone" is also expressing the action that we went to grandmothers house. is were gone used for conditional sentences? example: we were gone to my grannys house when the parcel arrived.
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Were gone is not about the action; it's about the result of the action,
Anonymous. is were gone used for conditional sentences? example: we were gone to my grannys house when the parcel arrived.That is not a conditional sentence, and it is not very natural.
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AnonymousBut "were gone" is also expressing the action that we went to grandmothers house.No. "were gone" is not the action of leaving and going someplace.
It is the state of being missing, not present.
It can also express the state of being dead.
Before we could call a doctor, the old man was gone. (He had died.)
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