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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
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Quick question - thanks!

Hi, my friend shows me some souvenirs from his holidays and says:

a) Look, here are some souvenirs I bought in ...

b) Look, here are some souvenirs I've bought in ...

Which is correct? Thank you!
  

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Both are correct.

— Avangi

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Ok, but what's the difference between the two?
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Anonymousa) Look, here are some souvenirs I bought in ...
b) Look, here are some souvenirs I've bought in ...
"I bought" is simple past. It could have been recently or a long time ago.
"I've bought" is present perfect, typically used to describe something which happened in the very recent past.
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Anonymousa) Look, here are some souvenirs I bought in ...
b) Look, here are some souvenirs I've bought in ...
Both are correct, but in the context, I prefer a). It seems to me that the holiday trip is finished, a thing of the past, and that this is basically a story of what happened on the trip.

CJ
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CalifJimIt seems to me that the holiday trip is finished
Just for fun, Emotion: smile:

Look, her
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Thanks, CalifJim and Avangi! In that case, I really meant it the way CJ had expressed it. The trip is finished and the two persons are telling each other about their holidays. So am I right in assuming that everything that is finished goes with simple past, even if there's no indication of time?
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I'd say you have the idea right! Emotion: smile
Anonymous So am I right in assuming that everything that is finished goes
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