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i had met him vs i met him

Both "I had met him" and "I met him" are correct, but they are used in different contexts. "I had met him" is used when referring to a past action that occurred before another past action, while "I met him" is used to simply state a past action.

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i had met him

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

This phrase is used to indicate that the meeting happened before another event in the past. It is often used in past perfect tense constructions.

Examples:

I had met him before he moved to a different city.
By the time I arrived, she had already met him.

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Nearly the same age I was when I had met him.
So, I thought I had met him before... in the studio, just said hello.
They continued to put so much emphasis... on this message that I had received from so I almost was convinced that I had met him.
I remember going to John's house once when I first had met him.
It was real weird, because I had never met him and he just thought it was...
If I hadn't met him who knows what would have happened with my life.
I had already met him before he was in government, and we tried to see what could be done.
I had never met him before; I'd heard of him, though.
I saw him as I was leaving, but I had already met him.
I told you, I hadn't met him, not until yesterday!
Jai and I had met at a diner.
I wish I had met this Mr. Gold.
I had met Abed at community college almost two years earlier.
It's no secret that James and I had met.
I had met this guy at a bar.
I wish I had met you eight years ago.
Before I met Zinberg, the only Jews I had met were destitute patients at the Knick.
A glitch in my system made me think I had met her.
And I knew then that I had met a kindred spirit.
If you and I had met in fifth grade, you'd have made fun of my clothes.

Alternatives:

I had already met him.
I had met him once before.
I had met him a long time ago.

i met him

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English to simply state a past action.

This phrase is used to describe a meeting that happened in the past without any specific time relationship to other events.

Examples:

I met him at the party last night.
She met him for the first time yesterday.

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I mean, I met him in the room.
I met him here, in a meeting.
I met him right as everything happened.
Which, when I met him, I loved.
I met him when he was still a senator, through his sister.
I met him when he was the bartender at the Roosevelt Hotel.
I met him at a crime scene.
I met him at a coffee shop downtown for five minutes.
No, I met him at the courthouse.
I met him briefly near the fair.
I met him at a party.
I met him in the counseling group last year.
I met him through my dad.
I met him at my prayer group.
I met him at the opening of the Evil Minds Research Museum.
I met him this morning at the gym.
I met him on the carrier in the Persian Gulf during debriefing.
I met him when I was in junior high school.
I met him when his mother was a patient here.
When I met him, he was only a teenager.

Alternatives:

I encountered him.
I came across him.
I bumped into him.
I saw him.

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