I'v said it years ago.

Hi,

1. I'v said it years ago.

2. They asked me about something I've said years ago.

Are the two sentences acceptable?

No. I'd say I said it years ago.

Best wishes, Clive

That's right because this action is already completed and we use present perfect for action which has started in the past and is still in progress

0Grammars usually say that the present perfect tenses cannot be used together with expressions pf finished time - we can say 01i00I have seen him 02i00or 01i00I saw him yesterday02i00, but not 01i01u00I have seen him yesterday02u00. 02i00In fact, such structure are unusual but not impossible (though learners

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10Grammars usually say that the present perfect tenses cannot be used together with expressions pf finished time - we can say 11i10I have seen him 12i10or 11i10I saw him yesterday12i10, but not 11i11u10I have seen him yesterday12u10.

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0Native speakers studiously avoid using the present perfect with adjuncts denoting past time because one of the main purposes of the present perfect is to highlight a past action, to make a past action seem important. That's why it is seldom done. 02br
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01cite10Teo12cite10Grammars usually say that the present perfect tenses cannot be used together with expressions pf finished time - we can say 11i10I have seen him 12i10or 11i10I saw him yesterday12i10, but not 11i11u10I have seen him yesterday12u10. 12i

0 Yes, it's a quotation from 01i00Practical English Usage, 2nd edition.02i00 0-

0Ah! I see now that you've mentioned it in your subject line...02br
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01cite10Teo12cite101. I'v said it years ago.2. They asked me about something I've said years ago.12blockquote

10According to 01i00A Comprehensive Grammar of the English Language,02i00 sentence #2 is acceptable.0-