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Bbk_agp Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

I have been / I have gone ??

Hi everyone,

Are there any difference between these sentences?

I have been to Paris.
I have gone to Paris.

Thanks beforehand,
Babak
  

Top answer

"I have been to Paris" -- You have visited Paris on at least one occasion in the past (at any time in your life), or you have just recently returned from Paris. "I have gone to Paris" -- You have left the place you were previously at, and travelled to Paris (or are in the process of travelling there). g.

— GPY

  • "I have been to Paris" -- You have visited Paris on at least one occasion in the past (at any time in your life), or you have just recently returned from Paris.
  • "I have gone to Paris" -- You have left the place you were previously at, and travelled to Paris (or are in the process of travelling there).
  • g.
  • in a note or telephone call.
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"I have been to Paris" -- You have visited Paris on at least one occasion in the past (at any time in your life), or you have just recently returned from Paris.

"I have gone to Paris" -- You have left the place you were previously at, and travelled to Paris (or are in the process of travelling there). This is used to inform someone of your whereabouts, e.g. in a note or telephone call.
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In the headway they said that been is another form of gone which is PP of go. So they said that these verb are interchangeable, are they right?
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Bbk_agpthese verbs are interchangeable
No. "be" and "go" are two different verbs. It may seem that they are alike in the idiom "have been to (somewhere)", but there are very few other similarities.

CJ
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Bbk_agpIn the headway they said that been is another form of gone which is PP of go. So they said that these verb are interchangeable, are they right?
I definitely would not describe "been" as "another form of gone". "been" is a completely different word that is used here in a special idiomatic sense. Even in this special situation "been" and "gone" are not in
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