"The city of Townsv... Oh. I said that<span style="color:#ff0000;"> already</span>. Sorry."<br/><br/>I thought the word "already" always came with present perfect. Is it common that always is used with simple past?<br/><br/>The sentence is quoted from 3:44 of the following cartoon <div class='ytl __responsive' style='visibility: inherit; '><iframe class='youtube-player' type='text/html' width='640' height='393' src='https://www.youtube.com/embed/1er-HPfbk1E?autoplay=0&amp;wmode=opaque allowfullscreen' frameborder = '0'></iframe></div>