intransitive verbs as past participle form without' have'

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She is gone.

'Go' is an intransitive verb, but it is used as the past participle form without 'have'. What are other verbs, if any, used like this?

Gone is more like an adjective that was formed from the participle. — James K, Commented Jun 10, 2020 at 7:47
"Gone" is a past-participial adjective meaning that she is in the state resulting from having gone or departed. Other past-participial adjectives include "distressed", "broken" and "retired". — BillJ, Commented Jun 10, 2020 at 11:57
thank you all. I'll note them as adjectives, then. but I knew this, too. I just wanted to know if there were some commonalities between the principal adjectives. thanks, anyway ^^. — Kim Hui-jeong, Commented Jun 10, 2020 at 21:34

Prince ßádhWoloski · Accepted Answer · 2020-06-10 08:30:26Z

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She is gone.

Gone here means that she is no more or no longer present. Here “gone” is used as an adjective and not as a verb.

Verbs can become adjectives by turning into participles, like in the following examples:

Here both “gone” and “done” are used as adjectives.

answered Jun 10, 2020 at 7:51

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You need to be careful with the terminology. Present participles and past participles are verbs. "Done" in the OP's example is not a participle; it's a past-participial adjective (or just participial adjective).
– BillJ
Commented Jun 10, 2020 at 12:57

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