"I have been to 〜"
Hi, I understand that 'I've been to ?' means I went somewhere and came back.
Do the below conversations sound natural to English native speakers?
- (Bumping into a friend on the way home from shopping)
Friend : 'Hey, what are you up to?'
Me : 'I've just been to the shops.' - (Same situation as above)
Me ; 'Hey, how have you been?'
Friend : 'I've been great, just been to China.'
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corocoro Do the below conversations sound natural to English native speakers? Largely they are fine. If I could make one small point, "just been to China" can sound as if going to China is quite a minor matter, whereas for most people in my part of the English-speaking world, going to China would be a fairly big deal.
- corocoro Do the below conversations sound natural to English native speakers?
- Largely they are fine.
- If I could make one small point, "just been to China" can sound as if going to China is quite a minor matter, whereas for most people in my part of the English-speaking world, going to China would be a fairly big deal.
- Therefore someone might not refer to it in quite such an offhand way.
- Nevertheless, "just been to China" is not actually incorrect.
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corocoroDo the below conversations sound natural to English native speakers?
Largely they are fine. If I could make one small point, "just been to China" can sound as if going to China is quite a minor matter, whereas for most people in my part of the English-speaking world, going to China would be a fairly big deal. Therefore someone might not refer to it
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