Chicken Sandwich
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- Russian
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- Russian Federation
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- Netherlands
I was just thinking, which of these two sentences is correct:
I just phoned him.
or
I have just phoned him.
To me, both seem fine, because in a sense, "just" implies a time, but it's not very specific. It seems as if I have encountered both.
I did a little research, and I came across this site ( Simple Past vs. Present Perfect Simple ), which states something rather interesting:
Is this really true? Is AmE more flexible? So, are both sentences correct in AmE?
Thank you.
I just phoned him.
or
I have just phoned him.
To me, both seem fine, because in a sense, "just" implies a time, but it's not very specific. It seems as if I have encountered both.
I did a little research, and I came across this site ( Simple Past vs. Present Perfect Simple ), which states something rather interesting:
Note that the following explanations and exercises refer to British English only. In American English, you can normally use Simple Past instead of Present Perfect. We cannot accept this in our exercises, however, as this would lead to confusions amongst those who have to learn the differences.
Is this really true? Is AmE more flexible? So, are both sentences correct in AmE?
Thank you.