She has gone to New York for two weeks. She’ll be back tomorrow.

[Alice Chu]

Please tell me the difference between the two sentences below.

1. She has gone to New York for two weeks. She’ll be back tomorrow.

2. She has been in New York for two weeks. She’ll be back tomorrow.

 

[5jj]

You have asked a lot of questions about the present perfect, and you wrote these to sentences. What do you think might be the difference?

 

[Alice Chu]

1. She has gone to New York for two weeks. She’ll be back tomorrow.
“Has gone” refers to a completed action, and she is in New York now. From the context, we know she went to New York two weeks ago. Without the context, we can’t know when she went to New York, when she will come back, and how long she has been in New York.

2. She has been in New York for two weeks. She’ll be back tomorrow.
Even without the context, we know she has stayed in New York for two weeks. Today is her fourteenth day in New York.

Are the sentences below correct?

1. He will go to Germany for two weeks. He will visit his friends there.
2. He went to Germany for two weeks. He visited his friends and had a good time.

 

[emsr2d2]

1. She has gone to New York for two weeks. She’ll be back tomorrow.
“Has gone” refers to a completed action, and she is in New York now. From the context, we know she went to New York two weeks ago. Without the context, we can’t know when she went to New York, when she will come back, and how long she has been in New York.

I assume you mean that without "She'll be back tomorrow", we can't know when she went. Don't refer to that sentence as "context".
If it just said "She has gone to New York for two weeks", she could have left anytime between this morning and thirteen days ago.

 

[Alice Chu]

I assume you mean that without "She'll be back tomorrow", we can't know when she went. Don't refer to that sentence as "context".
If it just said "She has gone to New York for two weeks", she could have left anytime between this morning and thirteen days ago.

She could be in New York now or still be on the way to New York. Is my understanding correct?

 

[5jj]

She could be in New York now or still be on the way to New York. Is my understanding correct?

emsr2d2 wrote "she could have left anytime between this morning and thirteen days ago". At a push, she could even have left fourteen days ago.

So, she could be on the way to New York, she could be in New York, or she could even be on the way back from New York.