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Grammar Geek  #438064  Fri, 02 Nov 07 08:26 PM

I agree with MH.

"As a child" works best with simple past.
  
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CalifJim  #438118  Fri, 02 Nov 07 11:43 PM
When i was child, I have/had ? ever been there.
The sentence is so anomalous because of the word ever that it is impossible to understand exactly what thought you are trying to express.

Did you mean the negative never?
Did you intend  ever as the opposite of never, that is, always?

Maybe you mean I had only been there a few times as a child.

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tommyensr  #444264  Tue, 20 Nov 07 04:12 AM

(A) As a child, i was there.

(B) As a child, i lived there.

same meaning?

but i didn't live there, i just went to there for travelling one or two times.

please put the exact sentence for the right communication

I try this sentences

(C1) As a child, i was there one/two times for travelling.  or

(C2) When i was a child, i was there one/two times for travelling.

please advice sir
  
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Grammar Geek  #444268  Tue, 20 Nov 07 04:37 AM

 I visited there once or twice when I was a child.
  
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