Today I am going to share the homework correction quoted from my JLPT N5 course!
The student’s sentence is not correct. Can you find the mistake?

 

[Student’s sentence]

きのう、その人を駅で見たことがあります。

*きのう、そのひとをえきでみたことがあります。

 

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[My correction]

きのう、その人を駅で見たことがあります。
→きのう、その人を駅で見ました。
I saw that person at the station yesterday.

 

〜たことがある indicates whether you have had an experience, rather than when it occurred. Therefore, you cannot use the phrase きのう, which specifies a time, together with 〜たことがある, which indicates having had an experience.

 

◎きのう、その人を駅で見ました。
I saw that person at the station yesterday.

◎その人を駅で見たことがあります。
I have seen that person at the station.

×きのう、その人を駅で見たことがあります。

 

I hope my explanation helps you. 😊

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