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I've been there many times vs I had been there many times

Both phrases are correct, but they have different verb tenses. "I've been there many times" refers to experiences in the past up to the present moment, while "I had been there many times" refers to experiences that occurred before a specific point in the past.

Explained by Michele A.
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Last updated: September 01, 2024

I've been there many times

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English to talk about experiences in the past up to the present moment.

This phrase is used to express that you have visited a place multiple times from the past until now.

Examples:

I've been to Paris many times.
She's been to that restaurant before.
Have you been to Japan?
They've been to the beach every summer.
We've been to that museum several times.

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Alternatives:

I have been there many times

I had been there many times

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English to talk about experiences that occurred before a specific point in the past.

This phrase is used to indicate that you had visited a place multiple times before a particular time in the past.

Examples:

I had been to London many times before I moved there.
She had been to the park several times when she was a child.
He had been to that store before it closed down.
They had been to the concert venue on numerous occasions.
We had been to that city many times in the past.

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I had been there many times before; it was the purpose of my journey that was different. I had been chosen as one of twenty individuals to participate in the ...
I had been there many times before my trip to Everett so I felt comfortable knowing the people there did their job because they genuinely cared about helping ...
My father was a soldier in Italy in World War II and I had been there many times I managed to go to the south of Italy for three days, to Naples and to the palace at ...
Much of the fact and photo research was done at Yad Vashem so I had been there many times. Often, after a full day of research, before I returned to our hotel, ...

Alternatives:

I had been there several times
I had visited there many times

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