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I had ever before vs I ever had before

Both phrases aren’t correct in English. The correct form is "I had ever had before." The word order in English for this phrase should be subject + auxiliary verb + adverb + main verb + adverb.
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This phrase is not correct in English.

"I had ever before"

The correct form should be "I had ever had before."
  • Aug 29, 2024 ... But senior year is so critically important, and it provides a much more significant foundation for success in college than I had ever before ...
  • Feb 2, 2018 ... ... I had ever before participated in. There have been moments in recent months where I've longed to meet more people. I have longed to know ...
  • Tatiana: Alumni · I was only in seventh grade when I started at MHS. There was a lot more structure, discipline and accountability than I had ever before dealt ...
  • Feb 10, 2019 ... By then, I had been a vegetarian for more than 15 years; I was running faster and longer than I had ever before, easily clocking in 5 to 6 ...
  • Jul 7, 2013 ... I thought about India more than I had ever before. I realized what I appreciated about it--the warmth, the closeness of extended family, the ...
  • Apr 9, 2016 ... His mouth was large and flexible, and his teeth were more wildly uneven, although sound, than I had ever before seen teeth in a human head.
  • Mar 26, 2015 ... I was throwing better and harder than I had ever before. And then, in my first game for IMG Academy last week, I threw a pitch and something ...
  • The opportunity was an excellent one, and I embraced it; and when I had been there a year I had a practice far better and more extensive than I had ever before ...
  • Nov 11, 2016 ... This dream, unlike any other I had ever before dreamed, was astonishingly vivid, and I, while experiencing the dream, was unusually cognitive.
  • 2 days ago ... ... I had ever before. It was my first real adult relationship at 35. ... I just feel like I deserved more bc I gave more in this relationship than I ...

This phrase is not correct in English.

"I ever had before"

The correct form should be "I had ever had before."
  • Nov 29, 2023 ... Finally decided to tier harder than I ever had before. And of course it had to be a competitive event AMA. Achievements. Used ~1600 energy ...
  • May 16, 2016 ... In just a few moments, with a few well-chosen words, Coach Guido got me to believe I could perform better than I ever had before. I'm 47 now ...
  • Feb 14, 2019 ... ... I ever had before you were in my life... my life is better with you.” I started strumming the chords as we sat on the edge of the bed and ...
  • Sep 22, 2023 ... ... Think Tank cause today I had to think more in training than I ever had before #brainpower @trainingthinktank".
  • Oct 21, 2024 ... ... I ever had before, and I was miserable in my own skin. I felt totally depressed and constantly wore baggy clothes but never felt comfortable ...
  • Jan 4, 2024 ... 602 likes, 25 comments - luccadoes on January 4, 2024: "#tbt to one of the last headshots I ever had before ditching the whole auditioning ...
  • Oct 26, 2017 ... Soon, I was even volunteering to engage in this dialogue, and I was thinking more intensely, independently, and enjoyably than I ever had before ...
  • My first semester Chinese course demanded my best quality of work and I studied as hard as I ever had before, yet as the semester went by I was amazed how ...
  • Sep 28, 2020 ... ... I ever had before. ❤️ When he was 3 months old,... | Instagram ... Lincoln made me a mother and instantly I felt that I could love more deeply than ...
  • Sep 20, 2024 ... I felt more alone than I ever had before, and no adults were willing to engage in serious philosophical or political conversations with a twelve ...

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