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Cat navy 425 Posted 5 years ago
Grammar

I came here vs I have come here

Dear all,

The other day I saw in a video a person asked a non-native YouTube teacher to translate a sentence from his mother tongue into English. The teacher translated the sentence as "I came here because Alex told me to". I think why didn't he write " I have come here because Alex told me to". I'd like to get your opinion on this.
  

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cat navy 425 Dear all, The other day I saw in a video a person asked a non-native YouTube teacher to translate a sentence from his mother tongue into English. The teacher translated the sentence as "I came here because Alex told me to". I think why didn't he write " I have come here because Alex told me to".

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  • cat navy 425 Dear all, The other day I saw in a video a person asked a non-native YouTube teacher to translate a sentence from his mother tongue into English.
  • The teacher translated the sentence as "I came here because Alex told me to".
  • I think why didn't he write " I have come here because Alex told me to".
  • I'd like to get your opinion on this.
  • Both replies are good English.
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cat navy 425 Dear all,
The other day I saw in a video a person asked a non-native YouTube teacher to translate a sentence from his mother tongue into English. The teacher translated the sentence as "I came here because Alex told me t
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cat navy 425The teacher translated the sentence as "I came here because Alex told me to". I think wonder why he didn't he write " I have come here because Alex told me to".

Both are fine.

As long as there is no mention of a time, both tenses are usually possible.

CJ

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