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Chandrasekhar Reddy Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
Are my sentences correct?
1. I have never been to USA.
2. Have you ever been to USA?
3. I had been to USA only once.
4. Last week I have been to my native place.
2. Have you ever been to USA?
3. I had been to USA only once.
4. Last week I have been to my native place.
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1 & 2 seem correct. 3. I had been to USA only once until I recently went there again.
- 1 & 2 seem correct.
- 3.
- I had been to USA only once until I recently went there again.
- "had been" should be used to mean something happened before something else.
- In this case, you used "had been" to suggest you went to USA only once before <something> Before needs a point in time which is missing in your sentence.
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1 & 2 seem correct.
3. I had been to USA only once until I recently went there again. "had been" should be used to mean something happened before something else. In this case, you used "had been" to suggest you went to USA only once before <something> Before needs a point in time which is missing in your sentence. You could say "I have been to USA only once" this would mean that you
3. I had been to USA only once until I recently went there again. "had been" should be used to mean something happened before something else. In this case, you used "had been" to suggest you went to USA only once before <something> Before needs a point in time which is missing in your sentence. You could say "I have been to USA only once" this would mean that you
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Chandrasekhar Reddy1. I have never been to USA.2. Have you ever been to USA?3. I had been to USA only once.... the USA.
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