Originally Posted by NatalieK

isn´t the correct word "said"...


John said we are going soon...


many say that says is present and said is past term, however, if I said this in the past, and Brian says or said this, then they are both and all past, so said would be correct in all of these terms, past and present. Because, after it is said, it is past.

To say, present...

says, sez or sayz pronunciation, is both past as is said. he said, she said, I said...