Y yi-ing Senior Member Joined Jun 7, 2017 Member Type Student or Learner Native Language Tamil Home Country Singapore Current Location Singapore Jan 26, 2019 #1 Are the following mean the same? She has been gone six months. She has been dead six months. She has died six months.
Are the following mean the same? She has been gone six months. She has been dead six months. She has died six months.
Y yi-ing Senior Member Thread starter Joined Jun 7, 2017 Member Type Student or Learner Native Language Tamil Home Country Singapore Current Location Singapore Jan 26, 2019 #2 Are the following the same? She has been gone for six months She has been gone six months. The third is incorrect - She died six months ago. Click to expand... How about? She has died for six months.
Are the following the same? She has been gone for six months She has been gone six months. The third is incorrect - She died six months ago. Click to expand... How about? She has died for six months.
G GoesStation No Longer With Us (RIP) Joined Dec 22, 2015 Member Type Interested in Language Native Language American English Home Country United States Current Location United States Jan 26, 2019 #3 yi-ing said: How about? She has died for six months. Click to expand... No.
jutfrank VIP Member Joined Mar 5, 2014 Member Type English Teacher Native Language English Home Country England Current Location England Jan 26, 2019 #4 yi-ing said: Are the following the same? She has been gone for six months She has been gone six months. Click to expand... Yes.
yi-ing said: Are the following the same? She has been gone for six months She has been gone six months. Click to expand... Yes.
Phaedrus Banned Joined Jul 19, 2012 Member Type English Teacher Native Language English Home Country United States Current Location United States Jan 27, 2019 #5 yi-ing said: She has been dead six months. Click to expand... For what it's worth, the present simple is possible in a related, somewhat literary construction: She is six months dead.
yi-ing said: She has been dead six months. Click to expand... For what it's worth, the present simple is possible in a related, somewhat literary construction: She is six months dead.
emsr2d2 Moderator Staff member Joined Jul 28, 2009 Member Type English Teacher Native Language British English Home Country UK Current Location UK Jan 27, 2019 #6 You can't say "She has died for six months". You can only die once. You can't do it constantly for a period of six months. If you use "She has died", you can't add a time reference. It's simply a statement of fact, like "She is dead".
You can't say "She has died for six months". You can only die once. You can't do it constantly for a period of six months. If you use "She has died", you can't add a time reference. It's simply a statement of fact, like "She is dead".
jutfrank VIP Member Joined Mar 5, 2014 Member Type English Teacher Native Language English Home Country England Current Location England Jan 27, 2019 #7 emsr2d2 said: You can't say "She has died for six months". You can only die once. You can't do it constantly for a period of six months. If you use "She has died", you can't add a time reference. It's simply a statement of fact, like "She is dead". Click to expand... True, but there are two very different senses of the verb die. We can say She's been dying for six months.
emsr2d2 said: You can't say "She has died for six months". You can only die once. You can't do it constantly for a period of six months. If you use "She has died", you can't add a time reference. It's simply a statement of fact, like "She is dead". Click to expand... True, but there are two very different senses of the verb die. We can say She's been dying for six months.
tzfujimino Key Member Joined Dec 8, 2007 Member Type English Teacher Native Language Japanese Home Country Japan Current Location Japan Jan 28, 2019 #8 jutfrank said: We can say She's been dying for six months. Click to expand... May I ask what the sentence means? Is it the present perfect progressive version of "She is dying"?
jutfrank said: We can say She's been dying for six months. Click to expand... May I ask what the sentence means? Is it the present perfect progressive version of "She is dying"?
jutfrank VIP Member Joined Mar 5, 2014 Member Type English Teacher Native Language English Home Country England Current Location England Jan 28, 2019 #9 tzfujimino said: May I ask what the sentence means? Is it the present perfect progressive version of "She is dying"? Click to expand... Yes.
tzfujimino said: May I ask what the sentence means? Is it the present perfect progressive version of "She is dying"? Click to expand... Yes.
T Tdol No Longer With Us (RIP) Staff member Joined Nov 13, 2002 Native Language British English Home Country UK Current Location Japan Jan 29, 2019 #10 yi-ing said: She has died for six months. Click to expand... No, but you can use the following: She has been dead for six months.
yi-ing said: She has died for six months. Click to expand... No, but you can use the following: She has been dead for six months.