Hi,
when I was at home
somebody phoned to my home, and i answered.
she asked me if my friend is there.
but my friend went his home.
in this case,
is it okay if I say he went to his home ?
I think if i use 'went' it means, 'he is not home now, and went somewhere or came back my home'
can i say "he has gone to his home " ?
2007-09-12 14:06:30 · 11 answers · asked by xiangshei 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
It is correct to say "He went home"
You can also say "he has gone home"
You can also say, for example, "He went home and then came back to my house and he is here now." But if you just say "He went home" it will be understood in the context that he is not at your house now.
"He has gone home" definitely means that he is not at your house now.
2007-09-12 14:19:36 · answer #1 · answered by unfit_commander 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It would be okay if you said he went to his home, but it is also a good idea to confirm to the caller that your friend is no longer there with you. This clarifies things if the caller doesn't hear you clearly. Since the caller basically asked you a question in which either a simple "yes" or "no" would give the caller the answer they were needing, it would have also been appropriate to start your answer by saying "no," and then if you felt like qualifying it further you could add . . . "he went home." The word (I believe it is called an intransitive verb) WENT does mean what you think it does . . . that someone was there but they are no longer there because they have left. Although it was not inappropriate, in common English usage, the qualifier "to his" would generally not be used and the typical shortened version of the answer would be "he went home."
2007-09-12 21:20:17 · answer #2 · answered by leecrook 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yours is so bad I am trying to figure it out. I think I have it figured out now. He went home. Yes, you can say he has gone home. You do not need to add to his home unless you think the caller is unable to figure that out. The extra words may be what you would write in a book you are writing if you are getting paid by the number of words you write or type.
2007-09-12 21:26:28 · answer #3 · answered by Pepsi 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I am not an English teacher.
Hi, when I was at home, somebody phoned my home, and I answered. She asked me if my friend was there, but my friend had gone home.
'He has gone home,' is the correct expression. "Gone to his home' is not used.
2007-09-12 21:22:43 · answer #4 · answered by cidyah 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can say "he has gone home" or "He went home". He has gone to his home doesn't sound too good "He has gone to his house" sounds better to me.
2007-09-12 21:18:44 · answer #5 · answered by Half-pint 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Both of those statements are correct, but sound awkward. "He went home" is most common.
2007-09-12 21:13:55 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes. That sounds much better.
2007-09-12 21:12:03 · answer #7 · answered by Jill S 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Both are correct:
He went home.
He has gone home.
When you use the helping verb "has," you must use "gone."
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2007-09-12 21:18:36 · answer #8 · answered by Wise@ss 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
He went home.
That's the way Americans would say it.
2007-09-12 21:15:11 · answer #9 · answered by The Babe is Armed! 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes that sounds more natural
2007-09-12 21:24:48 · answer #10 · answered by drama_queen_lol 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋