have gone = perfect tense of verb 'to go'
> "We are gone."
gone = (predicate) adjective
On Oct 17, 2011, at 1:00 PM, Joseph Catron wrote:
> A friend of mine had a squabble with her grammar professor and wants
> me, as
> a native English-speaker, to say she's right. The question under
> dispute:
>
> Is a past participle a verb or an adjective in the passive?
>
> For example, in the statement, "We would have gone if not for the
> rain," is
> "gone" a verb, an adjective, or what?
>
> Despite my literature degree, I have no clue. (Truth be told, I had
> forgotten what a past participle is.) And after a bunch of Googling,
> I'm no
> closer to an answer. Any insights?
>
> --
> "Hige sceal þe heardra, heorte þe cenre, mod sceal þe mare, þe ure
> mægen
> lytlað."
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