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      • Has Gone and Is Gone are both phrases that indicate something or someone has left or departed from a certain place or situation. 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.
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  2. to be gone = to be far away; to have disappeared; (figuratively) to be dead. The form “have gone”, on the other hand, is the or­di­nary past per­fect of “to go” and can be used just like any other verb: Where is Peter? He has gone to France. Has he gone mad?

  3. Sep 2, 2016 · 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”.

  4. Is Gone or Has Gone - An Explanation of the Grammatical Difference - ESL British English PronunciationAn explanation of the grammatical difference between is...

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  5. Apr 28, 2017 · Therefore, "she has gone" and "she is gone" do have essentially the same meaning, but with slightly different emphasis. The former places more emphasis on the movement (the "going"), while the latter places more emphasis on the subject not being here.

  6. Oct 28, 2012 · Using is gone is a sentence makes it passive tense, as in ''he is gone by someone's pressure'', while using has gone is active tense. I suppose this is the difference.

  7. Jun 15, 2020 · If there’s a difference between the sentences in your edited question, I would say that ‘I was gone’ emphasises the state of having gone and that ‘I had gone' emphasises the act of going.

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