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Yoong Liat
 
Reply Fri 2 Nov, 2007 10:42 am
When I was child, I have/had ever been there.

I think the sentence should be "When I was a child, I had been there." ('ever' should be removed)

Am I right?

Thanks.
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Joe Nation
 
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Reply Fri 2 Nov, 2007 11:54 am
Re: correct phrasing
Yoong Liat wrote:
When I was child, I have/had ever been there.

I think the sentence should be "When I was a child, I had been there." ('ever' should be removed)

Am I right?

Thanks.


You are correct.

or

I had been there as a child.

Joe(...)Nation
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