Present prefect or simple past?

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dawnngcm

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A group of friends welcomed a friend who she was going to come back to Hong Kong. She posted her flight information in the facebook before she came.

Before she left, I told her I will escorted her to airport and I had already marked down her flight information.

And I told her, ‘I have marked the flight information.’

Which tense should I use and is more nature in this case? Present prefect or simple past?
 

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"I have made a note of the flight information" is more natural.
 

Rover_KE

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Dawn, please note that a better title would have been I marked/have marked.

Extract from the Posting Guidelines:

'Thread titles should include all or part of the word/phrase being discussed.'
 

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A group of friends welcomed a friend who [STRIKE]she[/STRIKE] was going to come back to Hong Kong. She posted her flight information [STRIKE]in the[/STRIKE] on Facebook before she [STRIKE]came[/STRIKE] left.

Before she left, I told her I [STRIKE]will[/STRIKE] would escort[STRIKE]ed[/STRIKE] her to the airport and I had already [STRIKE]marked[/STRIKE] written/noted down her flight information.

[STRIKE]And[/STRIKE] I told her, ‘I have marked the flight information.’

Which tense should I use and which is more [STRIKE]nature[/STRIKE] natural in this case - present [STRIKE]prefect[/STRIKE] perfect or simple past?

Like bhaisahab, I find the use of "marked [down]" unnatural in this context.

I have written down your flight information.
I have noted down your flight information.
I have made a note of your flight information.

Please see the other corrections I have made to your post in red.
 
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