"could had been" vs "could have been"

The correct phrase is "could have been." The phrase "could had been" is grammatically incorrect in English.

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"could had been"

This phrase is incorrect in English. The correct form uses "have" instead of "had."

The correct phrase is "could have been," which is used to talk about something that was possible in the past but did not happen.

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could have been

"could have been"

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used to express a possibility or potential outcome that did not occur in the past.

Examples:

She could have been a doctor if she had pursued medicine.
The project could have been successful if they had more funding.
It could have been a great party if more people had shown up.
He could have been a professional athlete if he had trained harder.
The movie could have been better with a different ending.

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"Could have been" being the operative phrase.
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"It could have been me."
The word "evil" was replaced by "red," which means "red" could have been from his unconscious, a freudian slip, so to speak.
The rapid take-up of the new name would seem to bolster the European Commission's belief that one day".eu" could rival".com" and".org" as a leading internet domain name.
Gone or not, "a" could still use this against you.
"Remove" could mean 10 different things in Urdu.
"Could" isn't good enough.
"Orion" could mean a person or a place.
But "society" couldn't deal with it.
I had to write "could".
The messages from "A" could only mean one thing.
Or "papa" could be Ernest Hemingway.
My nanny never told me "it" could be like that for a woman.
Dude, I never knew "facts" could be a superpower before you.
Not even "Lenny" could spoil it.
I never knew the word "George" could sound so obscene.
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