After had vs After had had

The correct phrase is "after had." The phrase "after had had" is not a common construction in English. It is more appropriate to use the simple past tense "had" after the word "after."

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After had

Correct. This phrase is commonly used in English.

This phrase is used to indicate an action that occurred in the past after another action.

Examples:

He left the house after he had finished his work.
She called her friend after she had eaten dinner.

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There was a certain militancy and I don't think think any hip-hop record before or after had that.
Everyone that you went after had people who depended on them!
After had completed the studies of violin, Monica Piccinini started the studies of singing, at first with singing-master Franca Mattiucci, then with Elena Kriachko she get the degree in singing with the highest marks.
It would've been nice if the conversation after had been about the failure of counterinsurgency, or why we seem so desperate to be at war all the time, or how maybe what we're doing is just making more enemies

Alternatives:

after having
after doing

After had had

Incorrect. This construction is not commonly used in English.

This phrase is not a standard or common way to express actions in the past.

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I once made a perp I glimpsed for all of two seconds, and that was after he had had plastic surgery.
Writ by Bullock, to a miner's family after Hearst had had him murdered.
I found myself remembering a surgeon who had worked on me after I had had a terrible accident when I was a young man.
After we had had our fill of the horror of the cave, its beauty was revealed to us by the masses of burning brushwood we lighted.
I was sort of forced out, actually, after I had had an affair with a student.
I remember when I was at the hospital after I had had you.
I should like first to say a few words about the murder of Theys Hiyo Eluay, which took place on 10 November after he had had discussions on behalf of the Papuan community with the senior command of the Indonesian military forces in West Papua.
Now I must admit that much later, after I had had more children, a German university offering a programme specifically for mothers gave me the opportunity to continue my research, which I have been continuing voluntarily until now.
You would've thought after the War people had had enough of killing each other.
It was the big villa I had bought after I had grown up, had buried grandfather and his comrades in the orchard, become rich and left the village.
After my daughter had had her car for about a week, my wife she said to me, she said very seriously, she said:
There was a certain militancy and I don't think think any hip-hop record before or after had that.
Everyone that you went after had people who depended on them!
We searched village after village... ruin after ruin... country after country.
Dream after dream after dream after dream.
After failure, after failure, after failure...
After had completed the studies of violin, Monica Piccinini started the studies of singing, at first with singing-master Franca Mattiucci, then with Elena Kriachko she get the degree in singing with the highest marks.
Membrane-filter or centrifuge immediately after sampling.
Peter hanged himself after Valerie's - after Miss Jessel's accident.
Even after all these years and after losing my eyesight...

Alternatives:

after had
after having had

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