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      • If used of a person, both expressions mean that he or she has left the mortal coil; the difference is in how long ago. Dead and gone always means "long dead", while dead and buried could mean that the death was recent, or it could be used as a variant of dead and gone, i.e. long dead.
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  2. Sep 2, 2016 · This is only partly true. Go (as well as (be)come and a few other verbs) used to quite regularly use be as their auxiliary, and there are remnants of this still. He is gone is one such remnant. It's not as cut-and-dried as, for example, the difference between “He is dead” and “He has died”.

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  3. Aug 9, 2019 · "gone", mostly in the form of "He (or she) is gone" or (less often) "he has gone", is a common euphemism for "He is dead" or "he has died". Both may be and often will be contracted to "he's gone" (or she). This is normally phrased in the passive voice, which omits the cause and agent of death.

  4. Oct 28, 2012 · She has gone to the temple. This is idiom: it is irregular and only applies to very few verbs. And is gone can still be used with specific directions sometimes, though it is probably rare. The opposite has gone without direction doesn't sound wrong, but it is probably less frequent.

  5. However, the key difference between the two is that "Has Gone" implies that the departure occurred in the past, while "Is Gone" suggests that the departure is currently happening or has just occurred.

  6. May 7, 2020 · This is a little confusing; you can tell from the context; "to be gone" means to be have disappeared" or to have gone away" but also "to be dead"; here, obviously it's the first choice (she has diappeared or she went away) (to be gone vs to have gone).

  7. Apr 24, 2024 · The longer the PMI, the larger the time of death window will become, and the harder it will be to determine an accurate time of death. There are 4 stages that the body moves through after death: pallor mortis , algor mortis , rigor mortis, and livor mortis .

  8. Both mean the same thing and but died is focused on the act of dying (the verb), whereas dead focuses on their current state (adjective). He has died therefore he is dead.

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