i have informed vs i informed

Both phrases are correct, but they are used in different contexts. 'I have informed' is used when you want to emphasize that the action of informing was completed recently or is still relevant. 'I informed' is used when you want to simply state that you have given information in the past.

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i have informed

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English to indicate that the action of informing was completed recently or is still relevant.

Use 'I have informed' when you want to emphasize that you have completed the action of informing recently or that the information is still relevant.

Examples:

I have informed the team about the changes in the schedule.
She has informed the authorities about the incident.
Have you informed your parents about the trip?
They have informed us about the new policies.
He has informed me of his decision.

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I have informed the staff of Commander Riker's temporary assignment.
I got this information two days ago, and I have informed the board.
Mr President, I have informed the Secretariat that I would like to table an oral amendment which would involve the deletion of paragraph 27, because it contains untrue information concerning an important scientific project named INDECT.
I have informed the government of my country, that I only want to have half a mandate more, i.e. 3 years instead of a full mandate of 6 years.
I have informed your grace of what I purpose and by our holy Sabbath have I sworn to have the due and forfeit of my bond.
I have informed Clarence to spare you the whip.
I have informed her of her treatment options.
However, there are other instruments and I have informed the presidency of them.
As I have informed Ro Laren, it was not the Bajora.
I have informed the Irish Government that I will be unable to continue my involvement with the St Andrew's Review Group.
On my website, I have informed electors of the lack of statutory forms of action open to MEPs.
I have informed, that he had been brutally beaten up by one of his colleagues and that the attacker has been identified.
As I have informed Parliament in the past, I have visited South-East Asia, and in fact have just returned from there.
We have already taken some steps, as you know, and I have informed the committee that we have launched a procedure for the identification of the governing board.
On a number of occasions over the years I have informed Parliament that we are working on the basis of a so-called 'remote-control' concept, which means that we have to use local implementing partners.
I have informed the Italian authorities on several occasions that they must step up the pace of spending and that control activities must be improved so that projects can be completed and payments can be made within the specified timescales.
I have informed you that since 3 December citizens have been able to access Commission documents within the terms of this will provide concrete confirmation of this trend, and we remain wholeheartedly committed to applying the spirit and letter of this regulation.

Alternatives:

I have given information
I have let them know
I have communicated
I have passed on the message
I have made them aware

i informed

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English to simply state that you have given information in the past.

Use 'I informed' when you want to state that you have provided information in the past without emphasizing the recency of the action.