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Old 25-Nov-2006, 05:13
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Does "gone" as an adj. mean "dead"? Do we say my grandfather is gone?
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Old 25-Nov-2006, 05:22
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Hi, Daisy,
Yes, it's possible - it's a euphemism. Also passed away.
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Old 26-Nov-2006, 12:01
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It can be used when the person has died recently- when a frienf of mine died a few years ago, another friend rang and said that he had gone of a way of telling me he had died.
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