were gone 是什么语态?

    Goodquestion!Theansweristhereisnovoice(语态没有)。 Thesentenceiscorrectlywrittenthough。
  Thereasonis“were”isactingasalinkingverb,linkingthesubject“they”tothecomplement“gone。  ” “Gone,”beingapastparticiple,actsasanadjective。
   Hereisadiscussion,ifanyoneisi ,voicecannotexist。 Withintransitiveverbs,thereisnodoer。
     Thereisonlyasubjectbeinglinkedtoacomplement。 Notethatwiththepassivevoice,thedoermaynotbestatedbecausethedoerisembeddedinaprepositionalphraseandprepositionalphrasesarenotrequiredtogrammaticallycompletesentences。
     However,evenifthedoerofapassivevoicesentenceisnotstated,thedoerisstillimpliedtoexist。
   Theabovesentencealsolookslikeitcouldbeinthepastperfecttensebecausethepastparticipleimpliesthatsomethinghasbeencompleted,butthisisclearlynotthecasebecausethepastperfecttenseisformedbycombiningthehelpingverbhasorhave(notthelinkingverbbe)withthepastparticipleofthemainverb。
     Linkingasubjecttoapastparticiplecomplementwithalinkingverbisnotuncommon。 Itisaconvenientwaytoimpartacompletedideaonasubjectwithamodifier。
     HereareacoupleexamplesfromaPinkFloydsongTwoSunsintheSunset: “Thesunisintheeasteventhoughthedayisdone。
   …couldbethehumanraceisrun。  ”。