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How many times have you been to France?



 
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How many times have you been to France? #1 (permalink) Fri Sep 16, 2005 10:33 am   How many times have you been to France?
 

Test No. errors/inter-4 "When you go to France...", question 1

How many occasions have you been to France so far?

(a) How
(b) occasions
(c) been to
(d) far

Test No. errors/inter-4 "When you go to France...", answer 1

How many times have you been to France so far?

Correct entry: times
The error was: (b) occasions
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Been to #2 (permalink) Fri Sep 16, 2005 12:01 pm   Been to
 

Here this means simply visited.
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How many times have you been to France? #3 (permalink) Thu Sep 21, 2006 9:43 am   How many times have you been to France?
 

Hi, Alan!
Is this sentence correct "On how many occasions have you been to France so far" ???
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Occasions #4 (permalink) Thu Sep 21, 2006 10:13 am   Occasions
 

Hi,

Yes, it would just about be acceptable with on but it does sound very formal. If you asked: On how many occasions did you visit the flat? that sounds to me like a police officer interviewing a suspect.

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