What is the difference between I have told and I told?

“Told you” means that it happened one or several times in the past. When you say “Have told you” it means that the telling is continuing into the present and may continue into the future. It can also mean that the person was told in the more recent past rather than a long time ago.

What is the difference between told and said?

We use say and tell in different ways in reported speech. Say focuses on the words someone said and tell focuses more on the content or message of what someone said: ‘Hello,’ she said. Not: ‘Hello,’ she told.

Is it tell or have told?

“I have told you.” means that, sometime before the moment you are saying this, the telling has happened. “I had told you.” means that, at some moment in the past, the telling had already happened.

Is had told grammatically correct?

Moderator. Only the past tense is correct: ‘I told you my name’. ‘I had told you’ is the past perfect tense and you need to have a reason to use it.

What’s the definition of I told you?

Definition of I told you (so) informal. —used to say to someone that one was right about something especially when that person disagreed “You were right after all.” “See. I told you so!”

How do you use told in reported speech?

Here are some correct examples:

1. Julie said (that) she’d come to the party.
2. I said (that) I was going to bed early.
3. He told me (that) he loved living in London.
4. They told John (that) they would arrive at six.

Whats the difference between HAS and have?

While the verb to have has many different meanings, its primary meaning is “to possess, own, hold for use, or contain.” Have and has indicate possession in the present tense (describing events that are currently happening). Have is used with the pronouns I, you, we, and they, while has is used with he, she, and it.

Have been told meaning?

to express the indefinite past (some unspecified time in the past – compare with the past simple: I was told yesterday) to express a recent event (I have just been told) To express result rather than duration (I have been told 3 times)

Would have told me meaning?

(1) Literally, A is saying: if this situation had occurred in their early relationship, B would have told A everything about it. (2) That implies that (back then) B normally did tell her everything.