Gone and V-ed

[Johanna N Franklin]

    I don't think there's any hint of motion here.  It doesn't sound
unreasonable for someone to be sitting at a desk doing paperwork, and
then groan and explain that he "just went and signed in the wrong box."

    Johanna

Excerpts from mail: 7-Nov-100 Re: Gone and V-ed by Salikoko Mufwene at MIDWAY.
> Can we assume safely here that "gone" loses the literal meaning of MOTION? A
> student thought the MOTION-less interpretation must be the
> case--reminiscent of
> "camouflaged 'come'" I think.