What is the difference :
I bought a car. I have bought a car.
Thank you in advance.
I bought a car. Tells us something you did in the past. Maybe you did it 20 minutes ago.
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I bought a car.Tells us something you did in the past. Maybe you did it 20 minutes ago. Maybe you did it 30 years ago.s
I have bought a car. Sounds like you did it recently and still have the car.
anonymousI bought a car.
Simple past. Part of a story about what happened in the past.
— And then what did you do?
— I went to the car dealer on Maple Street.
— And then what did you do?
— I looked at some cars.
— And then what did you do?
— I bought a car.
— And then what did you do?
— I drove it home.