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it has arrived vs it arrived

Both phrases are correct, but they are used in different contexts. 'It has arrived' is used when emphasizing the completion of an action that has just happened, while 'It arrived' is used to simply state that something has reached its destination in the past.

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it has arrived

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English to emphasize the completion of an action that has just happened.

Use 'it has arrived' when you want to emphasize that something has just reached its destination or been completed. This phrase is in the present perfect tense.

Examples:

  • The package has arrived at the post office.
  • The train has arrived at the station.
  • The guests have arrived for the party.
  • The results have arrived from the lab.
  • The pizza has arrived at our doorstep.
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Alternatives:

  • It's here.
  • It's come.
  • It's reached its destination.
  • It's made it.
  • It's gotten here.

it arrived

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English to simply state that something has reached its destination in the past.

Use 'it arrived' when you want to state that something reached its destination in the past. This phrase is in the simple past tense.

Examples:

  • The package arrived yesterday.
  • The train arrived on time.
  • The guests arrived early.
  • The results arrived by mail.
  • The pizza arrived cold.
  • It hasn't been touched since it arrived yesterday.
  • When it arrived, the chair ruled that only Smithrud could speak.
  • We had been waiting for a couple of hours when it arrived.
  • Its captain was willing to take over the 174 Tongans to quickly return to port, where it arrived on 19 July.
  • I looked it over the moment it arrived.
  • No. But it arrived last night.
  • But it arrived very late and it was incomplete.
  • And 'it arrived with the diligence evening from Truro.
  • She did, and it arrived this morning.
  • Minou Wednesday 10 August, 2011 And 'it arrived yesterday morning.
  • I ordered this and it arrived well within 2 weeks.
  • It's an eight-foot creature of some kind, with acid for blood... and it arrived on your spaceship.
  • We had to wait nearly half an hour for our main course, and when it arrived, it was wrong.
  • As far as we can tell... it arrived under it's own steam, within some kind of space going carapace.
  • We could stay there for a month Perhaps it arrived yesterday.
  • I have something for you, it arrived at our home.
  • There is another piece, but it arrived too late for the opening.
  • But for me, perhaps, it arrived a moment too early.
  • On 29 April 2011 it arrived at the space station's Pirs Docking Compartment during Expedition 27.
  • On 24 October 1943 it was loaded onto SS Charlton Hall and shipped to Casablanca where it arrived the following 17 November.

Alternatives:

  • It got here.
  • It made it.
  • It reached its destination.
  • It came.
  • It got there.

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