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    Never-been-gone/help

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    Never-been-gone/help
    Message from shaaraf posted on 25-03-2013 at 18:59:52 (D | E | F)
    Hello,

    Could you help me please?
    "I’ve never been to Spain."
    OR
    "I’ve never gone to Spain."
    Which one is correct and why?
    Please reply...thank you.

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    Edited by lucile83 on 25-03-2013 19:07


    Re: Never-been-gone/help from gerondif, posted on 25-03-2013 at 19:35:11 (D | E)
    Hello,

    One pupil is absent: the class tells you:
    He has gone to the doctor's.

    You come back to school with short hair: you say:
    I have been to the hairdresser's. (But you are present in class.)

    I have never been to Spain: You regret it now in front of your friend. It is an experience you have never had.

    I have never travelled/gone/driven/to Spain.It is an action you have never done. You have never left your country for Spain.




    Re: Never-been-gone/help from rosita15, posted on 25-03-2013 at 19:50:34 (D | E)
    Hello;
    Both of your sentences are correct but they do not have the same meaning:
    You use gone when you mean that the person has travelled to a place and not returned yet.
    But when you mean that the person has travelled to the place and is back, you use been:
    He's gone to London
    He's been to London

    good luck



    Re: Never-been-gone/help from shaaraf, posted on 25-03-2013 at 20:35:39 (D | E)
    Thank you all...




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