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English Grammar - Usage

Has/have been and has/have gone

Has/have been is used for completed visits.

Compare:

  • The postman has already been. (= The postman has come and gone away again.)
  • I have been to Tokyo three times. (I am not in Tokyo at the moment. I have returned.)
  • Where is John? He has gone to Tokyo. (He is in Tokyo at the moment.)

See Also

Since, for, ago and before
Enough to and too...to...
They're, there and their
Too and to
It's and its

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