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Mowgli Posted 21 years ago
Grammar

I have been to Paris.

Hello,

are those sentences all right?

1) I want to express I have visited Dublin (as a tourist). Now I´m not any more in Dublin.

I know it is possible to say: I have been to Dublin.

2) And what about?: I was to Dublin./I was in Dublin. (I would prefer the first sentence.)

3) I want to express: I have spent two days in Dublin.

Could I say?: I have been to Dublin for two days.

(I´m asking because I know we usually say: I have been in Dublin for two weeks/years/days... (I know this sentence has a different meaning - it means: I´m still living in Dublin.And because there is usually the preposition "for" I´m asking about the usage in sentence number 3)

4) And what about this: My aunt has been in Paris for two months. (I mean she lives there.)

5) Is it possible to say? My aunt is in Paris for two month/since this August.

I suppose this sentence is completly wrong also in another context. In this case I only want to make sure I´m right, am I not?

6) And what about this: My aunt was in Paris for two months/since August...

I suppose this sentence is correct. However, the meaning is probably different from sentence number 4 (4- My aunt has been in Paris for two months/since August. - She is still in Paris now.). I suppose: (Sentence 6 (My aunt was in Paris for two weeks/since August...)) - This sentence is correct, however, my aunt isn´t in Paris anymore. Am I right?

Thank you for your answers Mowgli
  

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Not all right, Mowgli, but I am not sure I can give a full elucidation here. Let me correct: 1) I have been to Dublin -- OK. 2) I was in Dublin -- only this one is OK, and expresses the past event.

  • Not all right, Mowgli, but I am not sure I can give a full elucidation here.
  • Let me correct: 1) I have been to Dublin -- OK.
  • 2) I was in Dublin -- only this one is OK, and expresses the past event.
  • 3) I have spent two days in Dublin -- OK; also, I have been in Dublin for two days (both presuming that you are still there) ( X ) I have been to Dublin for two days -- NG 4) My aunt has been in Paris for two months.
  • -- NG; needs a past or a perfect.
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Not all right, Mowgli, but I am not sure I can give a full elucidation here. Let me correct:


1) I have been to Dublin -- OK.

2) I was in Dublin -- only this one is OK, and expresses the past event.

3) I have spent two days in Dublin -- OK; also, I have been in Dublin for two days (both presuming that you are still there)

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5) (X) My aunt is in Paris for two month/since this August.-- NG; needs a past or a perfect.

My aunt has been in Paris for 2 months = she's still there/ ... was in Paris for 2 months = sometime in the past

My aunt was in Paris since this August = you can't say that!/ ... has been since last August = she's s
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Yes, I failed to delete the copied option. Wistiti, thank you-- I'll fix that now.

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