I Was promoted??

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Hi,How do I say that I was promoted? It's "I Was promoted" or "I have been promoted"Thanks,JP

Inchoateknowledge · Accepted Answer

both!

present perfect emphasises that you are still happy and it has just happened recently.

inchoate

Ruslana · Answer

"I have been promoted" implies that you are still in the rank you were promoted to. "I was promoted" implies that the action might take place last years, for example, and now you may not be in that rank anymore.

Compare:

I have been promoted sergeant = I am sergeant (now).<-- You see the result in present.

I was promoted sergeant in 1998 = I was sergeant (in 1998).<-- You're talking about a past action. Now you may have been demoted (not obligatory, of course).

In other words, when you're talking about an action that happened in an ended period of time (last year, last week, yesterday, ect), use Past Simple. When talking about an action that is bound with a present moment, i.e. when you have a result of it in present (a "link" to present), use Present Pefect. So you can see that a sentence in Present Perfect may always be replaced with one in Present Simple. For instance:

I have broken my pencil = My pencil is broken.

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