[General] We have already closed

[suniljain]

We have already closed the account a year back/ago.

Is this sentence correct?

 

[kilroy65]

No. Use "ago" with the past simple.

We closed the account a year ago.

 

[suniljain]

No. Use "ago" with the past simple.

We closed the account a year ago.

Can we use "have" after ''we". Please clarify

 

[emsr2d2]

If you remove "ago" and the timeframe, yes.

We have closed the account.

Here's a dialogue demonstrating both:

Me: I'd like to talk to you about my savings account.
Bank employee: I'm sorry. We have closed that account.
Me: When did you close it?
Employee: We closed it two years ago.