going bad or gone bad

[jasonlulu_2000]

In the letter which Benedict Cumberbatch wrote to Santa Claus, I have a question.

""This is what I'd like to ask you to help with. A little more time for children to be children. Stretch the moment of magic and playfulness. Distract them from the realities of a world gone mad so that they can laugh with their breath rather than sob with their tears. "

Why is "a world gone mad" instead of "a world going mad"? Is it grammatically right?

Thanks!

Jason

 

[Rover_KE]

It's grammatically correct. He thinks the world has already gone mad.

 

[teechar]

It's short for "a world that has/had gone mad."
Edit: cross-posted with Rover_KE

 

[jasonlulu_2000]

So we can say, "milk gone bad" is short for "milk that has gone bad". a child that has gone home=a child gone home?

 

[teechar]

So we can say, "milk gone bad" is short for "milk that has gone bad".

Yes; "gone" means "become" here.

a child that has gone home=a child gone home?

It's possible, but that's more unusual. That structure is more common with "gone" in the sense of "become."

 

[Matthew Wai]

"milk gone bad" is short for "milk that has gone bad".

If so, can we say 'Never drink milk gone bad'?

 

[Rover_KE]

It's not colloquial, Matthew.

 

[Tarheel]

If so, can we say 'Never drink milk gone bad'?

This AmE speaker sees nothing wrong with that.

 

[Matthew Wai]

'Something gone adjective' is short for 'Something that has/had gone adjective'.
Can 'gone' be replaced with other past particples?
For example, can we say 'the guy fallen sick' and 'the people gotten impatient'?

 

[Raymott]

What? Is Santa a cosmic social worker now? I thought he just delivered presents.

 

[Matthew Wai]

Does post#10 have to do with my questions in post#9?

 

[teechar]

No. Raymott's comment is about post #1.

 

[Tarheel]

'Something gone adjective' is short for 'Something that has/had gone adjective'.
Can 'gone' be replaced with other past particples?
For example, can we say 'the guy fallen sick' and 'the people gotten impatient'?

Maybe. More likely would be "the guy who fell sick" or "the people who became impatient".