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Trunks Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Problems with usage of "have" and "had" in sentences!!!!!

Which ones are correct:

I wanted to buy a PRS guitar but i all ready spent most of my money.

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I wanted to buy a PRS guitar but i have all ready spent most of my money.

OR

I wanted to buy a PRS guitar but i had all ready spent most of my money.
  

Top answer

I wanted to buy a PRS guitar , but i I all ready already spent most of my money. Not bad. I wanted to buy a PRS guitar , but i I have all ready already spent most of my money.

— CalifJim

  • I wanted to buy a PRS guitar , but i I all ready already spent most of my money.
  • Not bad.
  • I wanted to buy a PRS guitar , but i I have all ready already spent most of my money.
  • Not good at all.
  • Avoid this combination of tenses.
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I wanted to buy a PRS guitar, but i I all ready already spent most of my money. Not bad.

I wanted to buy a PRS guitar, but
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there's still one thing though.......the oxford dictionary states that already is informal and so cannot be used in formal writing!!!!! anywayz thnx for the exp...
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Trunksthe oxford dictionary states that already is informal and so cannot be used in formal writing!!
Please provide a reference link. I would like to know more about this.

CJ
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Hi,

I thought this discussion was about 'already', not about 'alright'. Emotion: surprise

Clive
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Oh man!!!! extremely sorry about that....that thing just slipped out of my mind!!! sorry for the inconvenience!!!
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Trunkswhich suggests that alright is highly informal or non-standard English
Yes. I thought you had something confused. The two that you need to keep straight are these: all right and already. In my v
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i wanted to buy a PRS guitar but i have already spent most of my money
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Hi,

i wanted to buy a PRS guitar but i have already spent most of my money

This is OK if the time you wanted to is 10 minutes ago, but not if the time you wanted to is 10 years ago.
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