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Gone to school vs Go to school

Both phrases are correct, but they are used in different contexts. 'Gone to school' is used to indicate that someone has already gone to school in the past, while 'go to school' is used to talk about the general action of going to school in the present or future.

Last updated: March 29, 2024 • 855 views

Gone to school

This phrase is correct and commonly used to indicate that someone has already gone to school in the past.

This phrase is used to talk about the action of going to school that has already happened. It indicates that the person was at school at some point in the past.

Examples:

She has gone to school already.
I have gone to school every day this week.
He had gone to school before the bell rang.
By the time I arrived, they had already gone to school.
Have you gone to school yet?

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And that made me think about how would I feel if Britain was going to disappear under the waves; if the places where I'd been born and gone to school and got married, if all those places were just going to disappear forever.
We could have gone to school.
if the places where I'd been born and gone to school and got married, if all those places were just going to disappear forever. How, literally, ungrounded that would make me feel.
It's were they've always gone to school.
It's were they've always gone to school.
To kill people I've gone to school with.
It's okay. I mean, I have done this before - gone to school.
He had gone to school that day and never came home.
You might've gone to school for a couple more years than me, but guess what - engineers are just as smart as physicists.
She must have gone to school with you as well.
She must've gone to school with you as well.
Friending everyone I've ever gone to school with, worked with, dated or met.
Sixty-five of the inhabitants of the global village would have gone to school at some stage of their life, at least for a while.
If you had gone to school there, you'd be obsessed with it too.
If you grew up here, you would have gone to school.
Jim and I have gone to school together since we were, like, three years old.
Don't tell me he's actually gone to school.
I know I shouldn't be saying this, but... seeing you again makes me wonder... if we hadn't gone to school on opposite sides of the country...
All four of us have always lived in Flint and gone to school here.

Alternatives:

went to school
had gone to school
has gone to school
have gone to school

Go to school

This phrase is correct and commonly used to talk about the general action of going to school in the present or future.

This phrase is used to talk about the action of going to school in the present or future. It indicates the regular or future action of attending school.

Examples:

I go to school every day.
She will go to school tomorrow.
They go to school by bus.
Do you go to school by car?
He goes to school early in the morning.

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Go to school for 20 years, for later to be like them
My daughter has to go to school.
Yet there was a chance she could still go to school.
Because I didn't have to go to school.
Her daughter must go to school tomorrow.
Too bad I have to go to school tomorrow.
The kids couldn't go to school because the roads were blocked.
I could go to school with the kid.
Neither of us could go to school... so we played hide-and-seek in slaughterhouses.
Really, I want to go to school.
But younger children can go to school.
Sometimes kids don't want to go to school.
Tell him all the children must go to school.
Even aliens have to go to school.
'Cause I could go to school around here.
Now we will go to school.
No, I have to go to school.
Fine, you can go to school.
Wash your face before you go to school.
Rise and shine, Johnny! Time to go to school.

Alternatives:

attend school
head to school
start school
commute to school

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