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Kenkenken9876 Posted 12 years ago
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"have gone to" can also be used to mean "have been to"?
1, Have you ever been to the U.S.?
2, Have you ever gone to the U.S.?
"Have you ever been to the U.S.?" is obviously correct, to ask if the listener has experience to go to the US in the past.
I hear that, especially in American English, 'gone to' is often used in the same was as "been to", though I have never encountered anybody who said "have gone to" for "have been to", so I am not sure how far I can believe it.
So, I'd like to ask American English speakers:
Do you also say,
I have never gone to Europe.
Have you ever gone to Japan?
Doesn't this sound illiterate or uneducated?
This is simply a colloquial and quite correct?
Thank you
2, Have you ever gone to the U.S.?
"Have you ever been to the U.S.?" is obviously correct, to ask if the listener has experience to go to the US in the past.
I hear that, especially in American English, 'gone to' is often used in the same was as "been to", though I have never encountered anybody who said "have gone to" for "have been to", so I am not sure how far I can believe it.
So, I'd like to ask American English speakers:
Do you also say,
I have never gone to Europe.
Have you ever gone to Japan?
Doesn't this sound illiterate or uneducated?
This is simply a colloquial and quite correct?
Thank you
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kenkenken9876 I hear that, especially in American English, 'gone to' is often used in the same was as "been to", though I have never encountered anybody who said "have gone to" for "have been to", so I am not sure how far I can believe it. Nevertheless, it is true. kenkenken9876 Do you also say 'I have never gone to Europe.
- kenkenken9876 I hear that, especially in American English, 'gone to' is often used in the same was as "been to", though I have never encountered anybody who said "have gone to" for "have been to", so I am not sure how far I can believe it.
- Nevertheless, it is true.
- kenkenken9876 Do you also say 'I have never gone to Europe.
- ' Yes.
- kenkenken9876 Doesn't this sound illiterate or uneducated?
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kenkenken9876I hear that, especially in American English, 'gone to' is often used in the same was as "been to", though I have never encountered anybody who said "have gone to" for "have been to", so I am not sure how far I can believe it.Nevertheless, it is true.
kenkenken9876Do you also say 'I have never gone to Europe. Have you ever
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