[Grammar] made or have an analysis?

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Hello!

If I'm presenting a project and say "we made an analysis, here are the results". Is that correct? Would it be better to say "we've made"?

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Hello!

If I'm presenting a project and say "we made an analysis, here are the results". Is that correct? Would it be better to say "we've made"?

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W
Use the present perfect, but don't use "made"; "carried out" or "done" would be better.
 
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Thank you Baisahab.

Could you tell me if this sentence is correct pleasse?

"We have carried out an analysis and we have found out that our sales decreased because of our products quality."
 

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Thank you Gillnetter.

Could we also use the past simple, considering that our "analysis' is finished?

Could we say "products' quality"?

Thanks a lot
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I'm sorry to insist... :oops:

Could you explain to me why the present perfect is necessary even though our analysis is finished?

Can we say "products' quality" instead of "product's quality"?

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I'm sorry to insist... :oops:

Could you explain to me why the present perfect is necessary even though our analysis is finished? You can use the present perfect if the action has been completed recently. It isn't necessary, but IMO it's more elegant.

Can we say "products' quality" instead of "product's quality"?
You can if you're talking about more than one product.
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What about this ?;

...our sales have decreased because of our product's quality.

Without the present perfect it sounds to me that the decrease happened in a singular point in time not during a period.

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I wouldn't use "products' quality" it's ugly. Why not use the much more pleasing and elegant, "the quality of the products"?
 

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What about this ?;

...our sales have decreased because of our product's quality.

Without the present perfect it sounds to me that the decrease happened in a singular point in time not during a period.

Thanks for your replies in advance.
That's a valid point, one could use the present perfect, or the past perfect (depending on the context), but it's not really necessary.
 

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In the past simple....?
You could write this: "We carried out an analysis and found that our sales had decreased because of the quality of our products."
 
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