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Is it wrong if I say "I've picked them out"? Should I say "I've had them picked out"?

teacher

Përgjigjja e folësit vendas

Rebecca

Because of the use of "since" in the sentence it needs to be used with the auxiliary verb had and the past participle to make a grammatically correct construction. If you wanted to use "I picked them out", you would need to replace "since" with "when." Ex: I have had them picked out since high school. Ex: I picked them out when I was in high school. "I've picked them out" is used when we are talking about the recent past or the past with no actual date/time given, therefore it could not be used with "since" because"since" is a time mark. Which is the case in the context of this clip. Ex: I've picked them out since yesterday. (This is incorrect grammatically)

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