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Gone vs. Went
Gone
/gɔn/Examples:
The doctor has gone for a coffee break.The software update has gone live today.Her keys have gone missing again, causing a panic.
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Went
/went/Examples:
He went home.
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Ways to tell them apart:
- Both gone and went refer to the past actions of going somewhere.
- Gone is often used with a form of have to show a completed action, forming perfect tenses.
- Went is the simple past tense of the verb go and stands alone without auxiliary verbs.
- Remember, gone is always connected to another verb (like has), whereas went stands on its own.
- If youre discussing a single past event with no consideration of its current relevance, use went; for something relating to the present, use gone with have'.
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