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Whatchadoin Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

I've done it

I've done it a long time ago.
I did it a long time ago.

What's the difference between these? Do they carry the same meaning?
  

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I think it's a case of Simple Past vs Past Perfect Simple Simple past: whatchadoin I did it a long time ago. Past Perfect Simple: whatchadoin I've done it a long time ago. We use Simple Past if we give past events in the order in which they occured.

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  • I think it's a case of Simple Past vs Past Perfect Simple Simple past: whatchadoin I did it a long time ago.
  • Past Perfect Simple: whatchadoin I've done it a long time ago.
  • We use Simple Past if we give past events in the order in which they occured.
  • However, when we look back from a certain time in the past to tell what had happened before, we use Past Perfect.
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I think it's a case of Simple Past vs Past Perfect Simple

Simple past:
whatchadoinI did it a long time ago.
Past Perfect Simple:
whatchadoinI've done it a long time ago.
We use Simple Past if we give past events in the order in which they occured. However, when we look back from a certain time in the pa
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