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Had you past the sign? vs Had you passed the sign?

Both phrases are not comparable as they are used in different contexts. 'Had you past the sign?' is incorrect, while 'Had you passed the sign?' is the correct form to use in past perfect interrogative sentences.

Last updated: March 30, 2024 • 648 views

Had you past the sign?

This phrase is incorrect. 'Past' is not the correct form of the verb in this context.

The correct form should be 'Had you passed the sign?' when forming a past perfect interrogative sentence.
  • I went past the sign and after ten or twenty yards, I thought,
  • But I got you past the police.
  • It's not going to get you past the next round.
  • I will now lead you past the Great Wall.
  • And then you sweet-Talked officer cho Into sneaking you past the tape.
  • This card will get you past the security door near gate 122.
  • I told you past the dinosaurs.
  • Didn't anybody... read the signs?
  • How come good old England didn't read the signs?
  • Didn't you read the sign?
  • My men will escort you past the Line of Control.
  • Because I would need help from the inside to get you past the Secret Service and British Security.
  • Speak to them as warriors and they will follow you past the gates of death.
  • Well, be that as it may, there's no way we're letting you past the control room.
  • Well, be that as it may, there's no way we're letting you past the control room.
  • I don't think anything could have got you past the sixth grade, Jim.
  • It's all there- maps, pass codes... phony I.D.'s to get you past the front gates, but that's not what's most important.
  • Don't think they'll let you past the ropes wearing that.
  • We manage that, we have a shot at getting you past the scrutiny of the Senate Rules Committee.
  • Didn't you give the sign?

Had you passed the sign?

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English when forming past perfect interrogative sentences.

Use 'Had you passed the sign?' when asking a question about whether someone had passed a sign in the past.
  • Okay, I've passed the sign.
  • You passed the blast site on your way in.
  • Did I mention you passed the inspection?
  • Then you passed the time whittling and dreaming.
  • You passed the rest, diplomatic law, first contact procedure, bridge operations.
  • You passed the bar with honors.
  • Only if you passed the tests.
  • Joshua said you passed the empathy test.
  • I heard you passed the bar exam.
  • So the good news is, you passed the stress test yesterday.
  • Someone you passed the torch to?
  • Betty, you passed the test.
  • You passed the note to Hannah.
  • I'm saying you passed the test.
  • You passed the final or what?
  • You passed the Lizard and Sheriff tests, but I'm out of your league, Jack.
  • They said that you passed the lie detector test?
  • It's only natural that you passed the polygraph
  • Glad to see you passed the test.
  • That's all I get - you passed the test?

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