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I have money saved OR I have saved money #1 (permalink) Sun Oct 30, 2011 3:22 am   I have money saved OR I have saved money
 

Hello!

Recently I saw an episode of 'Friends', and I heard the sentence:
I have (some) money saved.

I don't understand why money is between have and saved. I always thought that with the perfect tense, have and saved should be together? Like this:
I have saved (some) money.

Can someone explain this to me please?

Thank you!
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I have money saved OR I have saved money #2 (permalink) Sun Oct 30, 2011 8:04 am   I have money saved OR I have saved money
 

It is a different structure. It is a short form of this: 'I have some money [that I have] saved.'
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I have money saved OR I have saved money #3 (permalink) Sun Oct 30, 2011 12:56 pm   I have money saved OR I have saved money
 

So that means that I have saved some money is wrong?
That sounds more naturally to me.
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I have money saved OR I have saved money #4 (permalink) Sun Oct 30, 2011 13:00 pm   I have money saved OR I have saved money
 

So that means that I have saved some money is wrong?-- No, of course not. There are often multiple ways of saying the same thing.
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