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I had bought a car vs I had buy a car

The correct phrase to use is "I had bought a car." The use of the past perfect tense needs the past participle form of the verb, which is "bought" in this case. "I had buy a car" is incorrect because it doesn't follow the correct structure for the past perfect tense.
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I had bought a car

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used to indicate that the action of buying a car took place before another past event. It is in the past perfect tense, which requires the past participle form of the verb after "had."

Examples:

  • I had bought a car before I moved to the city.
  • By the time I found out about the sale, I had already bought a car.
  • She told me she had bought a car last week.
  • They had bought a car from that dealership before.
  • Had you bought a car before you got your license?
  • May 5, 2019 ... "I had bought a car last year." You can't use "have bought" because it happened in the past. "Last year" is vague enough that you can use ...
  • Mar 17, 2021 ... I had bought a car and my grandmother wrote a check to the dealership for the car rather than to me even thou the car is in my name.
  • May 3, 2017 ... It would not be “incorrect”, but “I have a car” or “I had bought a car” would seem more natural, depending on the emphasis needed. Almost ...
  • Jun 14, 2021 ... I had bought a car at this time and had everything I owned in the car. I was at a hotel and one night I went down to the lobby 4X to buy ...
  • Oct 15, 2021 ... And the owner, Robert Borgstrom, was an amazing host. After a couple of months, I decided to move to Nashville, Tennessee. I had bought a car ...
  • Apr 15, 2024 ... My neighbor bought a new car yesterday--a lease. (Toyota Corolla) A few years ago I had bought a car at the same time · img. logo. Infolawyer.
  • Oct 25, 2011 ... ... I had bought a car that would have been fun to drive. The car I wanted was a 1960-61 Austin Healy “bug-eyed” Sprite. Now that I am in a ...
  • Feb 8, 2015 ... I had bought a car from Carmax about six months ago and I return the card of them twice for them to look at it because.
  • Jan 28, 2024 ... I am also very stressed because I had bought a car from a random person before this s**t happened and now I can't even drive it around ...
  • Sep 19, 2018 ... I had bought a car in July 2018, I was initially told the car had about 109k miles. When I bought the car the mileage said on the odometer ...

I had buy a car

This phrase is incorrect in English.

  • I liked it since i had buy a car fast since my old ford was on its way out I bought it with 19000 miles on it . Now that I owned for 3 years I only had to ...
  • The staff was very friendly! I had the pleasure of working with Greg and he was funny and didn't make me feel like I had buy a car.
  • I had bought a car or I had buy a car? if i would have a lot of money i would buy a house or if i had a lot of money i would buy a house? i got the car ...
  • ... I had buy a car from XXXX at the end of XX/XX/XXXX. My car loan lender was American Credit Acceptance ( ACA ). I paid my car loan on time all the way up to ...
  • Jun 27, 2017 ... Hi, I had buy a car but cannot play the player since 7 months ago. Can someone help how to get the code? My ERC code is C426220C30FFD372.
  • Aug 3, 2020 ... I had buy a car. (2) Regulation occurs when a learner uses one role in linguistic item and applies it for other one. Such as: the class of ...

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