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Newguest Posted 18 years ago
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Hi

What is the difference in meaning when I ask:
a) where were you?
b) where have you been?

Which of them do you use most often?
  

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a) where were you? [something more distant in the past, say yesterday b) where have you been? [something recent , say until now

  • a) where were you?
  • [something more distant in the past, say yesterday b) where have you been?
  • [something recent , say until now
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a) where were you? [something more distant in the past, say yesterday

b) where have you been? [something recent, say until now
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Marius Hancua) where were you? [something more distant in the past, say yesterday

b) where have you been? [something recent, say until now

Thanks MH!

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