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Anonymous Posted 20 years ago
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Like i've said...

0Hi, would you please clarify for me if the sentence: "Like I've said before, 'i will never join them.'"02br
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00My friend said that it is not correct because, "i've" is past already and "said" is past aswell.02br
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00My friend is saying that it should be "Like I said".0-
  

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0I am bound to say that your friend is not correct. we say 01font 00i've said02font 00 and it tells us about past. this tense is present perfect.

— Yunus

  • 0I am bound to say that your friend is not correct.
  • we say 01font 00i've said02font 00 and it tells us about past.
  • this tense is present perfect.
  • in general it's not indicated specific time in present perfect.
  • when we indicate specific time we use past tense.
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0I am bound to say that your friend is not correct. we say 01font00i've said02font00 and it tells us about past. this tense is present perfect. in general it's not indicated specific time in present perfect. when we indicate specific time we use past tense. examples are below02br
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00i've said too much.02br
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0 Is it ok to say "as I've said said to you before..." or "as I said to you before..."? in the 2 example, 'before' is not specific time. 0-
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1. As I've said to you on many an occasion...

2. As I've said to you before...

3. As I've already said to MrQ...

All these are fine.

MrP
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