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Hello, everyone.

I have a question.

Some people say that "Have you met her?" should be not used, and they say that "Did you meet her?" should be used instead.

Is it true? I don't know how native speakers say.

I hope that someone helps me.

[stellara]

Hello!
But I thought that one can say "Have you ever met her?", too?! so that it means if you know that person.
I think "Did you meet her" is correct and used in every case! maybe you can use the other sentence in colloquial English, too...
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[Nef]

Some people say that "Have you met her?" should be not used, and they say that "Did you meet her?" should be used instead.

Is it true? I don't know how native speakers say.


Both ways are fine. One form of the question uses present perfect (continuous) tense; the second uses simple past tense.

If people ask "Have you met her?" they might wonder if you have met her YET. There really isn't much difference that I can think of between the two expressions.

[SUBLIME]

Dear stellara and Nef,

Thank you for your quick replies. I appreciate that. Your explanations helped great to me.

Have a good day!!