0
Voytaszek Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

Have you ever been to/in Poland?

Any difference in the meaning?

1. Have you ever been in Poland?
2. Have you ever been to Poland?
  

Top answer

The idiomatic way to ask whether someone has visited Poland is (2). I can't think of a reason to use (1).

— GPY

  • The idiomatic way to ask whether someone has visited Poland is (2).
  • I can't think of a reason to use (1).
Free · every Monday

Get the Weekly English Kit 📬

New words, one handy idiom, and a 2-minute quiz — delivered to your inbox to keep your streak alive.

4 Answers
0
The idiomatic way to ask whether someone has visited Poland is (2). I can't think of a reason to use (1).
0
0
So the first one is incorrect?

And the second one does not contain a clarification about what we`re asking (living there or visiting the contry).

Right?
0
0
VoytaszekSo the first one is incorrect?
It is a grammatically possible sentence, but I cannot think of a situation in which I would want to use it.
VoytaszekAnd the second one does not contain a clarification about what we`re asking (living there or visiting the contry).
"Have you ever been to Poland?" is asking about visiti
0
0
VoytaszekAny difference in the meaning?
I have the same reaction as GPY did.

Have you ever lived in Poland? is fine, but ... ever been in ...? doesn't seem like a useful question. It's understandable as ... ever been to ..., but we just don't say it like that.

You can use 'been in', but maybe not quite the
0

Related Questions