Some examples and use cases from the internet:

Some examples and use cases from the internet:

• Jul 5, 2013 ... I have been to America. I went to America two years ago. My own understanding is that time periods aren't used with 'have been', but is this ...
• Oct 18, 2015 ... Ok, I have been to America once and enjoyed every day of my visit and found the people most friendly, humble, helpful and just wonderful.
• ????????????????????????????? [?????]. I have been to America once. ?????????????????????? Once. ??????
• Oct 29, 2014 ... I have been to America ...means at least once I had gone to the states and come back. Think about this
• if your friend asks you, "Have you gone ...

• Jun 20, 2011 ... Then Peter's response should be rephrased as: I was in China (last week). "I have been to China since last week" also contains a flaw! It should ...
• You are right, the second one means I have gone to China (still in China), but the first one means I have been to China (not in China anymore). Yoyo Chinese 1 ...
• Yes I have been to China. I've been to about one third of the provinces
• Inner Mongolia, Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, Beijing, Jiangsu, Shanghai, Zhejiang, ...
• ... in terms of English grammar it is similar to the present perfect tense ("I have been to China. I have read that book. etc.") Of course, "Have you been to XYZ?