Camer across v/s come across

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I had an argument with my friend over following vocabulary. I request you to tell me the right one.

- we have come across a tool, which does ....

- we come across a tool, which does ....
- we came across a tool, which does ....

In these which one is correct ?
Can anyone suggest with arguments please ?

Thanks,
Subbarao

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Anonymous- we have come across a tool, which does ..
- we come across a tool, which does ..
- we came across a tool, which does ..

They're all correct.

- we have come across a tool, which does .. present perfect tense. The action (finding the tool) occurred in the very recent past.

- we come across a tool, which does .. simple present tense. (habituation) This could be some sort of instructional narrative. "On page 246 of the catalog, we come across a tool which is designed to remove broken taps."

- we came across a tool, which does .. simple past tense. The action of finding the tool occurred at any time in the past - two minutes ago or two centuries ago. (In the latter case, "we" might be collective civilization.)

Camer across v/s come across

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