A question concerning use of simple past and present perfect tense

tenses grammar present-perfect simple-past adverbs

Solution 1:

The second one is more correct grammatically. However, English speakers use the first version all the time.

Depends on what you're writing I guess - is it a legal brief, or a story?

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