BEEN vs. GONE

30/08/2011 10:03

O particípio passado (past participle) de GO é GONE, mas quando queremos subentender que alguém ou alguma coisa não somente somente foi à algum lugar mas também voltou deste local, usamos BEEN como particípio passado. Exemplos:

 

He has GONE to New York. ( = He is there now. )

He has BEEN to New York. ( = He was there but is there no longer. )

A construção do Past Perfect ocorre de forma similar:

He had already GONE to the movies when I called him. ( = He was at the movie theater, or on his way there, when I called at his house. )

He had already BEEN to the movies when I called him. ( = He had returned from the movie theater when I called him. )