"I have always" or "I always"?

Both are correct, with different meanings.

"I have always hated you" In the past right up to now. I still hate you.


"I always hated you" eg until I fell in love with you last Friday.

Clive

Thanks. I understand that both are correct, but I still don't really know when to use which one. For example, if I use it in a sentence, "I have aways hated you for being stubborn" or "I always hated you for being stubborn", which would you prefer?

AnonymousWhich is correct?

When I say "I always hated you", doesn't it mean that I still hate you?

Hello Clive,

sorry, I still don't understand the difference. Why doesn't it say that I still hate something? For example, when I do a google search for "I always hated Windows", I come up with sentences like "I always hated Windows Media Center ever since I used it in Vista." Doesn't this person still hate it?

Some native speakers use the past tense when the present perfect is more appropriate, so I always hated you might be said when I have always hated you is meant. The same applies to your Google search example.

So basically I can use both in the same context and there isn't a difference? It's so confusing. In my language, only the equivalent of "I have always hated you" is used.

AnonymousSo basically I can use both in the same context and there isn't a difference?

If the context is an applicable one, yes. (See Clive's post above.)

So in turn this means "I have always hated you until I fell in love with you last friday" is wrong?