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You went past. vs You went passed.

Both phrases are not correct. The correct phrase is "you went past." The word "past" is used as an adverb in this context to indicate movement beyond a certain point.

Last updated: March 30, 2024 • 1254 views

You went past.

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used to indicate that someone moved beyond a certain point or location.
  • Marine fire team just went past.
  • It was 6:00 straight up when the ambulance went past.
  • When the film stopped, these shadows went past me.
  • You know what? I think I went past it.
  • Looks like Brava went past suspecting you.
  • The Alfa Romeo just went past Saint-Michel.
  • And I went past Cafe Rouge.
  • But see, I went past that with Brandon.
  • The railroad path was a favorite... and it went past Cilly's house.
  • I just went past the art studio.
  • The next year I had exactly the same dream, only this time I went past two stations.
  • Burned the edge on the outside, went 5 feet past.
  • So I think this one detail went past people really quick.
  • It was a June day when I went past it.
  • ANOTHER ONE JUST WENT PAST DOWNWARDS.
  • Because ms. Maddox's investigator Went digging into my past.
  • Which is... Ironic, given the lengths that that man went to in the past.
  • And then the gun went off past my head.
  • I want to make it clear that I believe that the vast majority of the people of Northern Ireland do not wish to return now, or any time in the future, to what we went through in the past.
  • Y... you took... you went past him, like, 50 feet before the end.

You went passed.

This phrase is incorrect in English.

  • And you passed, went back.
  • Jacques went outside and passed out.
  • I went upstairs and passed out.
  • I passed by here every day since you went away.
  • Adriana said you went looking for me upstairs and then practically passed out.
  • He went up to Cabotsville years ago, but... I'm sure I would've heard if Henry had passed.
  • For a few months, we went through so much in Seoul, but in Joseon, only one day has passed.
  • We went out to I think about 30 writers on the first film, and they all passed.
  • Guessing you went to talk to that professor, but you passed out.
  • This is where I would wait while my mom went up to the tracks and screamed at the top of her lungs while the train passed.
  • What passed between you when you went to her house?
  • What you went through was, in part the result of the treatment slaves received from their masters and passed on to their children, generation to generation.
  • Regarding time, your minute has passed.
  • Mr. Sullivan's father recently passed.
  • I thought my time had passed.
  • The time when the imperialists imposed dictatorships everywhere has passed.
  • The resolution for independence is hereby passed.
  • So the days and weeks passed.
  • Battle is postponed... until priests are passed.
  • Things have been hard since he passed.

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