The movie that we have seen last Monday was really awful. vs The movie that we saw last Monday was really awful.

Both of them are correct, but the second one is more commonly used. The choice between 'have seen' and 'saw' depends on the context and the speaker's preference.

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This phrase is correct but less commonly used than the alternative.

"The movie that we have seen last Monday was really awful."

This phrase uses the present perfect tense 'have seen' to indicate an action that happened at an unspecified time before now. It is grammatically correct but less common in this context.

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Some things that we have seen here, ...
Jesus, the days that we have seen.
An event that we have seen repeated in over 20 different sites.
All the naturals that we have seen, they share two traits.
That was one of the worst nightmares that we have seen.
The Charter of Fundamental Rights is arguably the most important development that we have seen.
I also think that we have seen a parade of certainties sometimes based on obfuscation.
You need to do more in this regard. I would like to see more of the commitment that we have seen today, more of the José Manuel Barroso that we have seen today.
Now, there is a big problem behind all this behavior that we have seen.
The widespread abuses that we have seen in Iraq over the past seven years may pass without consequences.
I do not think that I exaggerate when I say that we have seen a historic moment in Africa.
It is the case in my country that we have seen minced beef and lamb and other meats mixed up together.
Commissioner, you also mentioned that we have seen prices rise for the past eighteen months.
I just gave the warning that we have seen quite a lot of input to this debate which calls for great scepticism.
We look forward to achieving a good result in the vote tomorrow with the cooperation that we have seen up to now.
I believe this has been one of the proposals most based on give and take and finding a balance that we have seen in this Parliament.
The pollution that we have seen in the Danube and Tizsa rivers, caused by cyanide leaks in Romania, is a classic example of this situation.
It also acknowledges fully the dramatic and welcome improvements in the implementation that we have seen in recent times.
They are not, and it was on this basis that the Supreme Court petitioners called for the releases of detainees that we have seen recently.
It is fair to say that we have seen progress in some areas, allowing thematic rapporteurs into Iran.

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the movie that we saw last monday was really awful.

This phrase is correct and more commonly used in everyday English.

"The movie that we saw last Monday was really awful."

This phrase uses the simple past tense 'saw' to indicate an action that occurred at a specific time in the past, which is last Monday in this case. It is the more common choice in this context.

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Guys, she's the exact same Spencer that we saw last week.
What's more, you were the rider that we saw last night.
That thing that we saw last night, Isaac missing, Allison's grandfather.
That thing that we saw last night, Isaac missing, Allison's grandfather.
The lower demand from consumers is probably a reaction to the high prices that we saw last year as consumers then tried or wanted to step out of the high-quality high-priced dairy products.
Last time that we saw him...
So the shark that we saw...
Looks like the threads that we saw in Jill's car.
The grubby one that we saw.
The open hummers that we saw.
So that body that we saw...
Then that warehouse that we saw...
It burns like the mountain that we saw on television.
This was the last place that we saw Taylor and Nova.
Here's that same orientation that we saw earlier.
This means the future that we saw is changing.
It is important to state at the outset that the resignation of the Commission last Monday was not because the experts had found the twenty Commissioners guilty of personal fraud.
We saw last November the terrorist attacks in Mumbai, where many EU citizens' lives were threatened.
That Apollonia babe we saw last night.
Get one of those geisha we saw last night.

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the movie that we have seen last monday was really awful.

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