"I've gone""If I'm gone to heaven, I won't be able to help you."
Would you say "I'm gone to " or "I've gone to"?
"I've gone"
Perhaps you have, but I wouldn't say it. (I presume you mean people from the south of the USA)I've been hearing the use of "I'm gone to" a lot from Southerners.
Stop listening to Southerners. They don't get to heaven anyway.I've been hearing the use of "I'm gone to" a lot from Southeners.
Bhai.I would say "If I go to heaven"
Present Perfect sounds odd with the conditional.
"If I had gone to heaven, I wouldn't have been able to help you" "If I've gone...I won't..." is fine in my opinion.
or
"If I go to heaven, I won't be able to help you"
Perhaps you have, but I wouldn't say it. (I presume you mean people from the south of the USA)
If I had gone to heaven (in 2000 for example), I wouldn't have been able to help you (in 2001)."If I had gone to heaven, I wouldn't have been able to help you" "If I've gone...I won't..." is fine in my opinion.
Can you explain please, bhai.
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If I had gone to heaven (in 2000 for example), I wouldn't have been able to help you (in 2001).
I didn't go to heaven in 2000, I was able to help you in 2001.
If I have gone to heaven (by 2030 for example), I won't be able to help you (in 2031).
Say, for example, you are planning to get married in April 2012. You say to your friend, "Will you be my best man?" Your friend, who travels a lot for his job, might say, "I'd love to, but, if I've gone to New York, I won't be able to".As I understand present perfect, the action started in the past. :?:
Can you elaborate?
Say, for example, you are planning to get married in April 2012. You say to your friend, "Will you be my best man?" Your friend, who travels a lot for his job, might say, "I'd love to, but, if I've gone to New York, I won't be able to".
As I understand present perfect, the action started in the past. :?:
Can you elaborate?
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It's not always the past as such, as seen from the point of now. It could be the past in the future, as in bhaisahab's example sentence.
Not in an if-clause:Wouldn't you use future perfect? :-?
Not in an if-clause:
A: Will you go to New York next month?
B: If I go, I won't be able to be Tom's best man?
A: Will you have gone to New York by the end of the month?
B: If I have gone, I won't be able....
I'd still wait for a speaker of AmE, if I were you. I know that many Americans use 'would' in the if-clause when BrE speakers don't. It may be that for these speakers, 'If I will have gone,,,' is acceptable.Learned something today!
Not in an if-clause:
A: Will you go to New York next month?
B: If I go, I won't be able to be Tom's best man?
A: Will you have gone to New York by the end of the month?
B: If I have gone, I won't be able....