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Tony Canard Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

as I said earlier?

Situation: I'm speaking with somebody for some time and then I refer to what I alresdy said: "As I said/have said earlier......."
Which one is good?
  

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Tony Canard Which one is good? As I said, ... As I just said, ...

— CalifJim

  • Tony Canard Which one is good?
  • As I said, ...
  • As I just said, ...
  • < This is probably the most common of the four shown.
  • As I was saying, ...
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Tony CanardWhich one is good?
As I said, ...
As I just said, ... < This is probably the most common of the four shown.
As I was saying, ...
As I was just saying, ...

You can add "earlier" to any of them, but it's not necessary.

CJ
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And the same is true to "As I wrote earlier"?
By the way, thank you for answering!
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Tony CanardAnd the same is true to of "As I wrote earlier"?
Not exactly. The -ing forms don't sound as good with 'write' in that context.

With the verb 'write' I suggest sticking to "As I wrote earlier".

CJ
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