Mark has gone to his grandparents’ farm every summer since he was a little boy.

[diamondcutter]

-- Where’s Jack?
-- He has gone to London.
(Jack is not here.)

Where has Mary been?
She has been to the library.
(Mary is here.)

I’m confused by the following sentence.
Mark has gone to his grandparents’ farm every summer since he was a little boy. (LET’S GO, Oxford University Press)
I wonder where Mark is. Can I change the sentence into this: Mark has been to his grandparents’ farm every summer since he was a little boy.

THANKS FOR YOUR REPLY.

 

[tedmc]

I would say:

Mark has been going to his grandparents' farm every summer since he was a little boy.

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

-- Where’s Jack?
-- He has gone to London.
(Jack is not here.)Right.

Where has Mary been?
She has been to the library.
(Mary is here.) Right, but we would probably just say "The library."

I’m confused by the following sentence.
Mark has gone to his grandparents’ farm every summer since he was a little boy. (LET’S GO, Oxford University Press)
I wonder where Mark is. Can I change the sentence into this: Mark has been to his grandparents’ farm every summer since he was a little boy.

Both are correct and mean the same thing.

THANKS FOR YOUR REPLY.

What confuses you about the two statements about Mark?

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

Good point. It depends on the context.