Which of these are correct ones?
Have the children paid for it themselves?
Have the children paid for it by themselves?
Thanks
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Re: by, _
Both are possible but the 1st is more idiomatic.
Are you sure you don't mean:
Did the children pay for it themselves?
(It seems difficult to imagine a context where the present perfect would be used for this question, though perhaps you have an example.)
Are you sure you don't mean:
Did the children pay for it themselves?
(It seems difficult to imagine a context where the present perfect would be used for this question, though perhaps you have an example.)