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Please show me example sentences with
my friend siena "went" to Russia last year.
why it can't be "has been" ?
isn't it just same for sentence?
went is for go. but has been is like she's already go. may someone please help me explain why . Tell me as many daily expressions as possible.
Please show me example sentences with
my friend siena "went" to Russia last year.
why it can't be "has been" ?
isn't it just same for sentence?
went is for go. but has been is like she's already go. may someone please help me explain why . Tell me as many daily expressions as possible.
my friend siena "went" to Russia last year.
why it can't be "has been" ?
isn't it just same for sentence?
went is for go. but has been is like she's already go. may someone please help me explain why . Tell me as many daily expressions as possible.
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Both are correct. Went and has been can be different in some sentences.
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Went is better because you’re saying what time she went. Saying “has been” doesn’t need to have time specified, so you could just say “My friend Siena has been to Russia”. With went, you have to say when they were at that place in the sentence.
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@sashamiche means it's depends on the time and the sentence is it?
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how about ,
Where did you go "on" holiday last year?
isn't it "for" ?
Where did you go "on" holiday last year?
isn't it "for" ?
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THANKS again!
can you help explain why "for" is can't use in?
can you help explain why "for" is can't use in?
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@Memooh with for, you should specify who’s holiday it is afterwards. It would be correct to ask “where did you go for your holiday?”
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The sentence flows more smoothly when you say 'went' instead of 'has been', especially when you denote a time.
If you were to take off 'last year' from your sentence, then 'My friend, Siena, has been to Russia' would read smoothly since it isn't constricted to a specific time.
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"Have been is generally used to say you had gone to that place and come back. On the other hand, went in this context talks about your presence on that place in the past.
I have been to America
...means at least once I had gone to the states and come back.
Think about this - if your friend asks you, "Have you gone to America?" This would be unnatural to many. On the other hand, if he wants to ask whether, in your lifetime, you have ever visited America, the better construction is 'Have you been to America (ever)?'
So, to answer this in the context of visiting the places, if you want to say that you had visited that place and had come back, the better way is have been and if you are more concerned about your presence in past, use went as in 'When I went to New York City, I learned that Americans there are very amicable'."
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