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Is it possible to say "Have you ever been in Rome?"
We use to when we talk about the direction of movement, with verbs such as go, come, bring, take etc. We do not use to with here or there.
So, I can say "Have you ever been here?" (There is the word "here", so I don't use the preposition "to".)
In the sentence "Have you ever been in Rome?" I gues there's no any direction of movement like in arrive in/at, so I should use "in Rome", right?
Thank you very much!
2017年4月17日 09:11
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In a word, yes. Your discussion of "here" and "there" does not apply, because you are simply using the preposition "in" instead of the preposition "to."
In addition, your question isn't about travel, it's about existence. You wouldn't say "I am going in Rome" because that statement is about travel. You are asking "been in" -- "been" is a form of "to be" or, simply, existence. If you were to ask "Have you ever been to Rome?" you are asking about travel, not existence.
2017年4月17日
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Yes. Those are exactly the words I might use to ask someone about that.
Since, as Steve said, we're not talking about travel, we don't have to worry about movement and direction. If a person were born in Rome and never left the city before he died, he would have been there (in Rome) all his life without ever having traveled there (to Rome).
2017年4月17日
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