YOU SAID:
i've been to the store
INTO JAPANESE
私は店に行ったことがあります
BACK INTO ENGLISH
I have been to the store
INTO JAPANESE
私は、以前、そのお店に行った。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
I went to the store before.
INTO JAPANESE
私は、以前、そのお店に行った。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
I went to the store before.
That didn't even make that much sense in English.