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This might be a stupid question, but here goes.

I was just wondering how to say something like, " _it was (placed) there,
unfortunately_ ," in Japanese without using 残念ながら。

And I thought, **「そこであってしまった」** 。

So, is using **てしまう** with **ある** correct? If not, what are the other ways to
say it without using 残念ながら？
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~てしまう form with ある？
As is hinted in your question, you'd be better saying そこに置かれてしまった

If you said そこであってしまった in conversation it would be 99.99% of the time
understood as そこで会って（遭って/逢って）しまった
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At the very least, you _must_ say そこ **に** when you use ある or いる. I'm sure you
learned this rule along with the verbs ある and いる themselves. If you say そこ
**で** by mistake, no one expects the verb ある will follow.

そこ **に** あってしまった is a correct sentence, at least grammatically speaking. In a
stilted literary work, it can mean something like "Alas, [it] was
unfortunately there!", but we seldom say this in reality. 10円だけあってしまう would
mean something strange like "(I want to be penniless but) I end up having 10
yen".
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