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The sentences above are all correct grammar, but all the questions by A do not contain a "specific time in the past" expression. It is this "rule" that is being questioned.
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We often use such expressions with perfect confidence that they will be understood. Examples:
- Have you ever been to Europe?
Have you ever flown on a plane?
Have you ever met so and so?
The possibilities are endless. I think it is appropriate that you put
rule in quote marks. I am not at all sure such a rule exists. In any case, I have never bothered to learn it.
I for one am not involved in a vast conspiracy to keep
ESL learners from learning English the right way. In fact, I keep telling them that my way
is the right way.
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