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i engaged vs I have engaged

Both "I engaged" and "I have engaged" are correct, but they are used in different contexts. "I engaged" is simple past tense, indicating an action that occurred at a specific point in the past. "I have engaged" is present perfect tense, indicating an action that started in the past and has relevance to the present.

Last updated: March 25, 2024 • 657 views

i engaged

This phrase is correct in the context of simple past tense.

Use "I engaged" when you want to refer to an action that occurred at a specific point in the past.

Examples:

Yesterday, I engaged in a productive conversation with my boss.
I engaged in a heated debate last night.

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I engaged Miss Fisher right before the curtain went up.
Mr. Holmes... when I engaged you... I looked to you to protect Sir Henry's interests.
But for some reason I engaged.
I engaged to steal the vision.
At least three that I engaged with.
I engaged you for two years.
So I engaged the clinic to provide an upgrade.
I engaged the suspect, demanded that he drop his weapon.
After the bar last night I engaged in consensual activities with Linda.
But they were strangers and seemed off-put when I engaged in friendly stall-to-stall chit-chat.
Okay, I engaged a little.
So I engaged Caution, this rap singer, with a group of young people from inner-city Tacoma.
When I engaged your services, we entered into a partnership.
So Reed Akley and I engaged in a secret conspiracy to co-opt the resources of his group for implosion.
Penny and I engaged in the French art of sabotage.
Over the past several months of my employment, I am ashamed to say that I engaged in an intimate relationship with the company's founder and C.E.O.
Over 2, 000 letters and questionnaires were sent out to partners in the regions and I engaged in over twentyfive hours of hearings in nine different places across the UK.
You are well aware, ladies and gentlemen, that throughout the Intergovernmental Conference I engaged in deliberations with, and shared the disappointments and hopes of, Parliament and the Committee on Institutional Affairs.
Remind me, Captain Poldark, was I engaged to you for this next dance?
But they were strangers and seemed off-put when I engaged in friendly stall-to-stall chit-chat.

Alternatives:

I participated
I took part in
I got involved in
I joined
I was involved in

I have engaged

This phrase is correct in the context of present perfect tense.

Use "I have engaged" when you want to indicate an action that started in the past and has relevance to the present.

Examples:

I have engaged in this project for the past two months.
She has engaged in various volunteer activities.

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I have engaged Calton to defend him.
Meet the tutor I have engaged for you.
I have engaged myself, Master Jacques, to give a supper to-night.
I have engaged the best tailors in Athens... to make for you a dress like nobody has seen in the East.
You should know, I have engaged Detective Kilsip to look into the 'Queen's' background in England.
I have engaged vast resources toward Salt Lake, as promised.
As you may know, for the past two years, Captain Holt and I have engaged in an epic battle of wits.
In the coming days, press outlets will reveal... that I have engaged in an extramarital affair.
When I told you my estate was nothing, I should have told you l was worse than nothing, for, indeed, I have engaged myself to a dear friend, who engaged my dear friend to his mere enemy
I think I might have engaged the pressure switch.
Your sister and I have been engaged now for four years.
Vince and I have been engaged for over a year.
I have been engaged since Sunday last in investigating the murder of Francis Savill Kent.
I have been engaged to Eddy for ever.
- I have been engaged on sealed orders.
- I have been engaged on sealed orders.
I have been engaged for years now in normalising relations between us.
I have been engaged three times - four if you count this one night in Vegas.
For months now... I have been engaged in the driest kind of study.
Vince and I have been engaged for over a year.

Alternatives:

I have participated
I have taken part in
I have been involved in
I have joined
I have been engaged in

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