Learn English – Been to America three times/for three times

grammaticalityprepositions

I have been to America three times.

Vs

I have been to America for three times.

Is for necessary here?
Or is the use of preposition futile here?

Best Answer

You can go to America for three days, three weeks, three months, but you can't go for three times.

I have been to America three times.
Last time, I stayed for three weeks.