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had already finished vs had already finish

The correct phrase is 'had already finished.' The verb 'finish' needs to be in the past participle form 'finished' when used with the auxiliary verb 'had' to form the past perfect tense. 'Had already finish' is incorrect as 'finish' should be 'finished' to match the past perfect structure.

Last updated: March 27, 2024 • 935 views

had already finished

Correct. This phrase is commonly used in English to indicate an action that was completed before a certain point in the past.

This phrase is used to talk about an action that was completed before another past action or time in the past. It is formed by combining the past perfect auxiliary verb 'had' with the past participle 'finished.'

Examples:

  • By the time I arrived, he had already finished his homework.
  • She had already finished her meal when the guests arrived.
  • They had already finished the project before the deadline.
  • Had you already finished reading the book when I called?
  • The train had already finished its journey when we reached the station.
  • Pigpen was released the same year as Vase de noces and when we saw it, we had already finished our movie.
  • I fell asleep because I had already finished.
  • We have, for example, the case of the 501 highway in the Autonomous Community of Madrid, where infringement proceedings were initiated when the work had already finished.
  • A vote against would also mean having knowledge of the facts and drawing a line under the issue as if it had already finished, without clarifying responsibilities.

had already finish

Incorrect. 'Finish' should be 'finished' to match the past perfect structure.

  • Did you already finish with the lotion?
  • Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, the project currently under way will finish in April 2006, in a few weeks' time; the next project has already started and will finish during the course of the year.
  • But you had already implicated yourself.
  • Coroner said he had already passed from smoke inhalation.
  • The EU had already concluded its bilateral negotiations in...
  • The flames had already got to him.
  • Bisato claims your daughter had already been threatened.
  • Some other Apaches had already burned down the ferry.
  • Something had already described to me.
  • Her husband had already gotten his engineering degrees.
  • But her secret had already been discovered.
  • All this had already been mentioned in previous reports.
  • Similar declarations had already been made earlier regarding Russia.
  • That option had already been attempted and had already failed and there was no other.
  • Thus, it left unprotected thousands of contract workers whose contracts had expired earlier, although the directive had already come into force and the deadline for transposition had already passed.
  • So, Vince had already done time in prison.
  • I had already been underground for 10 years when we met.
  • That Nikki had already cashed it.
  • These guys had already wounded a bunch of the employees.
  • In some cases, you had already subdued the creatures.

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