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had gone vs had went

'Had gone' is the proper standard English phrasing. 'Had went' is not grammatically correct. 'Had gone' is the past perfect form of the verb 'go' and is commonly used in English.
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had gone

Correct. 'Had gone' is the past perfect form of the verb 'go' and is commonly used in English.

Use 'had gone' when you want to indicate an action that was completed before another past action or time in the past.

Examples:

  • She had gone to the store before the party started.
  • By the time we arrived, he had gone home.
  • I realized I had gone the wrong way.
  • They had gone to the beach when the storm hit.
  • Had you gone to the concert before I called you?
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  • Jun 6, 2020 ... Well, the subtle action of Iluvatar also suggests that even if Faramir had gone to Rivendell instead of Boromir, things might still have worked ...
  • Oct 4, 2017 ... Examples from COCA: I had gone to school in three different states since first grade: upstate New York; Nashville, Tennessee; and now California ...
  • Jul 4, 2020 ... I wish things had gone differently for us. Everything seemed so promising in the beginning. It all felt so natural which was new for me. I ...
  • Jan 26, 2016 ... My Magical Breast: Where No Breast Had Gone Before ... My body is not like most. The internet tells me my odd deformity will not shorten my ...
  • Feb 27, 2011 ... Hi, Which is better? The bread had gone stale. The bread has gone stale. I heard someone said if I used a past perfect tense sentence, ...
  • Sep 4, 2014 ... What if Jon had gone South? Facebook · Twitter · brilliantdiscord_widget. The Latest News. 10 Years of The World of Ice ...
  • Apr 19, 2011 ... [General] I would rather you had gone... ; Tdol. No Longer With Us (RIP) · Nov 13, 2002 · English Teacher · British English ; VictorS. New member.
  • May 8, 2019 ... then the node will be restared and an SST is started. The problem is that every node is about 7 TB. what means that the donor seqno had gone ...
  • Apr 22, 2009 ... He told me that she had gone. What's the different between above two sentences ? Will it correct to use both ? If you can explain with more ...

had went

'Had went' is not grammatically correct in standard English.

  • Jan 14, 2012 ... Outside of them, I've never heard "had went" from a native English speaker only "had gone". Is it a common mistake? Is it American English or ...
  • Jun 15, 2022 ... People who say 'I had went' consistently use the simple past as the past participle, and the past participle as the simple past.
  • Apr 12, 2023 ... I would say “he had went”, have went sounds unnatural. Native speaker, Texas, USA.
  • Jan 26, 2018 ... “He had went” sounds unbelievably ugly to speakers of mainstream, educated English, though it might sound okay in other dialects. I've never ...
  • Jul 19, 2011 ... Can anyone help me translate the following lyric from the Oasis song 'Don't Look Back in Anger'? "She said the brains I had went to my head." Mi ...
  • Jan 12, 2012 ... He's going on about 'trying to start a revolution from me bed, because they said the brains I had went to my head.' I thought 'Thank you, I'll ...
  • Jul 3, 2012 ... Hello.:-D I have a question about the song lyric. "You said the brains I had went to my head." 1. brains: intelligence brain - Definition ...
  • "cos the brains I had went to my head" ... I'm not too sure, Noel has said previously that he can't make sense of Don't Look Back In Anger at times and says he ...
  • Mar 12, 2023 ... 50K likes, 1727 comments - xomacenna on March 12, 2023: "love, sweat, tears and everything else I had went into this kitchen renovation!
  • Why Do I Really, Really Want to Say 'Had Went'? By Ben Yagoda December 5, 2018. jonah-hill-has-pink-hair-web. Jonah Hill in his younger days.

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