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0Hi,02br
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00Yes, in a suitable context. 02br
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00You'll sometimes hear people say 'I've been here 01i00once before'02i00.02br
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00Clive0-

0 It strikes me as strange without the added 01i00before02i00.02br
00To say 01i00here02i00, you have to be 'here'. So the present instance of being here is the one time that you are 'here'. If, in addition to being 'here' now, you also 01u00have been02u00'here', that makes twice, not once. 05002br


0Hi Jim,02br
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00I agree with you. However, I don't think people are always so logical in the way they speak. If I go somewhere with my friend and he says 'I've been here once', I wouldn't think that he is talking about the current visit.02br
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00Clive0-

0 I've said it before and I'll say it again:02br
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0Hi Jim,02br
00What do you think of the following logic of mine?02br
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00If the usage of the present perfect tense does not include this moment (i.e., exclusive), then 01i00I’ve been here once02i00 means 01i00one time02i00 before this time.02br
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00If the usage of the present perfect tense

0Hi Clive,02br
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00 If someone says that "I have been here once" then it's very obvious that he wants to say that he has visited this place before.02br
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00 ..............Well, what do you think?0-

0Hi,02br
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00Without any other context, I'd take it to mean that he had visited the place once before the time at which he spoke. 02br
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00If he meant that the time of speaking was the first time, he'd be more likely to say 01i00'This is the first time that I've been here'02i00.02br
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00Best wishes, Clive