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Guest Posted 21 years ago
Grammar

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hi everybody
what is the differance between "a" and "b" :
a. I have never been to England.
b. I have never been to england before.
thanks a lot for your help.
  

Top answer

Hello Guest In A, you are not in England, and you have never been to England. In B, you are in England (or are planning to go to England, or have just got back from England) for the first time. MrP

— MrPedantic

  • Hello Guest In A, you are not in England, and you have never been to England.
  • In B, you are in England (or are planning to go to England, or have just got back from England) for the first time.
  • MrP
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Hello Guest

In A, you are not in England, and you have never been to England.

In B, you are in England (or are planning to go to England, or have just got back from England) for the first time.

MrP
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thanks a lot MrPedantic .It is clear what you explained.
Thanks again.
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If you had just got back from England, wouldn't you write "I'd never been to England "?
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You wouldn't write, probably would ungrammatically say. What you mean is that you have never been to England before you were there for the last time, so actually you have been to there but you emphasize that it was the first time.

P.S. Don't trust me too much...
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Hello Pieanne

I was thinking 'just got back':

'Pieanne! I haven't seen you for while. Where have you been?'
'England, actually.'
'England! That's strange. I didn't see you there. So when did you get back?'
'Eight o'clock this morning.'
'Well, well. And did you have a good trip?'
'Not bad. I've never been to England before, so it was all quite st
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