had responded vs had responded then

These two phrases are not directly comparable as they serve different purposes. 'Had responded' is a complete verb phrase indicating past action, while 'had responded then' includes an additional adverb 'then' which specifies the timing of the response. Depending on the context, one might be more suitable than the other.

Last updated: March 22, 2024

had responded

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English to indicate a past action that occurred before another past event.

This phrase is used to describe an action that took place in the past before another action or event. It is formed with the past perfect tense of the verb 'respond'.

Examples:

She had responded to the email before the meeting started.
By the time he arrived, she had responded to his message.

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In the additional study, more than half of the patients who could not be treated with deferoxamine had responded to treatment with Exjade after a year, including patients aged between two and five years.
At the end of intravenous therapy, 96 (76%) of the 127 patients receiving ECALTA had responded to treatment, compared with 71 (60%) of the 118 receiving fluconazole.
Matty had responded with one single letter.
Her ship had responded to their distress call, as had mine.
And perhaps we wouldn't have to be if Sara had responded to my appeal.
The Union would like to have fair cooperation with its partners, and now we all realise that we would have gained a lot if the Moroccan Government had responded in time to Community appeals.
Grace had bared her throat to the town and it had responded with a great gift with friends
After six months, the proportion of patients who had responded to treatment was 95% in one study and 97% in the other, compared with 75% and 73% of the patients who received risedronate.
Two studies looked at Rapamune as maintenance treatment for up to five years in a total of 765 patients who had responded to an initial two- to three-month course of treatment and who were able to stop their dose of ciclosporin.
After two years, 57% of the patients treated with InductOs (69 out of 122) had responded to treatment, compared with 59% of the patients treated with a bone graft (78 out of 133).
The evaluation would certainly have greater evidential value if all of the committees and delegations of the European Parliament had responded.
The main measure of effectiveness was the number of patients who had responded to treatment after 12 weeks.
In all five studies, the main measure of effectiveness was the number of patients who had responded to treatment after six months.
In all three studies, the main measure of effectiveness was the proportion of patients who had responded to treatment after six weeks.
After an evaluation of the opinion and observations the Ombudsman did not consider that the Commission had responded adequately to the complaint.
I wish that the Chinese authorities had responded consistently and positively to that overture from the Dalai Lama.
5.1 Objectives for SEPA governance In its previous progress report in June 2003, the Eurosystem welcomed the fact that European banks had responded to its call for pan-European interbank co-operation by creating the EPC.
In treatment-naïve adult patients, 41% had responded to treatment when checked at follow up (48 weeks) compared with 16% of those who received only interferon alfa-2b.
On 30 June, in the Congolese capital, Kinshasa, people who had responded to opposition parties' calls for peaceful demonstrations against the deferment of elections were attacked by soldiers and police.
The deteriorating situation in Burma is causing concern to the ASEAN, which had responded to the appeal by the junta by granting credit to it.

Alternatives:

responded
had already responded
had replied
had answered
had reacted

had responded then

This phrase is correct and can be used to specify the timing of a past response by adding the adverb 'then'.

This phrase is used to indicate that a response occurred at a specific point in time in the past, as indicated by the adverb 'then'.