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I've never been there vs. I never went there #1 (permalink) Fri Jun 03, 2005 18:07 pm   I've never been there vs. I never went there
 

Test No. incompl/elem-28 "Responses", question 2

Mike: 'We went to Paris last summer.'
Jane: '.........'

(a) I never go there too.
(b) I never went there.
(c) I never did there.
(d) I've never been there.

Test No. incompl/elem-28 "Responses", answer 2

Mike: 'We went to Paris last summer.'
Jane: 'I've never been there.'

Correct answer: (d) I've never been there.

Your answer was: incorrect
Mike: 'We went to Paris last summer.'
Jane: 'I never went there.'
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hi,

Please tell me, why cant we use "i never went there"?

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Present perfect - I've never been there #2 (permalink) Sun Jun 05, 2005 11:39 am   Present perfect - I've never been there
 

We use the present perfect for things that refer to a period of time which started somewhere in the past and are still true at the moment of speaking.
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Present perfect - I've never been there #3 (permalink) Tue Jan 09, 2007 17:12 pm   Present perfect - I've never been there
 

Torsten wrote:
We use the present perfect for things that refer to a period of time which started somewhere in the past and are still true at the moment of speaking.


How can something have happened (in the past of course) and later be true or false it doesn`t make sense to me!!!

Please give me a detailed explanation

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I've never been there vs. I never went there #4 (permalink) Mon Feb 09, 2009 13:10 pm   I've never been there vs. I never went there
 

Hi Blazya:
I am not sure if you still interested in the subject. If not probably you can close the subject. Anyway, there are many examples that show something is true in the past and in the future as well. For instance:
1) Exactly two years ago I came to California for living, so: “Two years ago I lived in California", is a true sentence.
2) Today; I live in California, then obviously; "Today I live in California”, is also a true sentence.
As a consequence, the sentence:
"I lived in California for two years ago" Contains the information of both last true sentences 1) and 2),
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I've never been there vs. I never went there #5 (permalink) Mon Feb 09, 2009 13:12 pm   I've never been there vs. I never went there
 

Hi Frank,

You cannot say 'I lived in California for two years ago'. Instead, your sentence should read 'I lived in California for two years.'
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I've never been there vs. I never went there #6 (permalink) Thu May 28, 2009 9:27 am   I've never been there vs. I never went there
 

Hi, Torsten,
what about sentences like "I never wanted" "I was never afraid of.." etc. It seems to me, that you certainly can't use present perfect in sentences like this(I have never wanted I have never been afraid of), or am I wrong?
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I've never been there vs. I never went there #7 (permalink) Thu May 28, 2009 18:13 pm   I've never been there vs. I never went there
 

Hi Sevich,

Yes you can use the present perfect in those sentences. It might be more common in British English than it is in American English though. I'm sure Skrej, Jamie, Bill, Charles, Tom or any of our native speakers can tell you more on this.

Thanks a lot for your interesting question.
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I've never been there vs. I never went there #8 (permalink) Fri May 29, 2009 16:33 pm   I've never been there vs. I never went there
 

Hi, teacher Torsten,
Which of the two tenses in the parenthesis is fit to the given statement.

"What I've heard from the building superintendent, the bachelor flat doesn't get a parking space wherein my belief (doesn't agree, hasn't agreed) at all."

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