Hi list, What Athena says is exactly what I learned in school, and they were supposed to teach us British English there. So it's probably safe to add this as a rule for both variants.
See also: http://www.englishteachermelanie.com/grammar-present-perfect-have-you-ever-been-to/ Best, Jan Am 17.08.2016 um 10:10 schrieb Athena Santora: > Hi there > > In American English the sentence is awkward. It's not "wrong" to say "I > never have been" but a native speaker wouldn't commonly phrase it that way. > > The other "error" : "been IN" isn't technically an error either but a > native speaker wouldn't commonly phrase it this way either (now that I > live in Spain, i find its super common for non Native speakers when they > translate). > > A native speaker would say ..."been TO London." So > > You may say > I've never been to London > Or... > I have never been to London > > Hope this helps.! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Languagetool-devel mailing list Languagetool-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/languagetool-devel
