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Yankee  #492206  Sun, 23 Mar 08 07:35 PM
 Hi Newguest

To me, the use of the word 'ago' pretty much rules out the use of the present perfect in your sentence

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By the way, here is a sample sentence taken from the BNC (British National Corpus):

"I made you one just a second ago."

Although the word 'just' precedes 'a second ago' (rather than 'made') in that sentence, I think it illustrates the fact that the extreme recentness of a past activity does not necessarily guarantee the use of the present perfect -- not even in British English.

 

  
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