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I had won vs I had win

"I had won" is the proper English phrasing. The use of the past perfect tense requires the past participle form of the verb, which is "won" in this case. "I had win" is incorrect as it does not follow the grammatical rules for forming the past perfect tense.
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This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

"I had won"

This phrase is used to indicate an action that was completed before another past action or time in the past. It is formed using the past perfect tense with the past participle form of the verb.

Examples:

  • I had won the game before you arrived.
  • By the time I got there, she had already won the competition.
  • He had won many awards by the time he retired.
  • She had won the race by the time it started raining.
  • They had won the championship before the new rules were implemented.
  • Sep 21, 2021 ... The first is a third conditional and takes place entirely in the past. It can help to have a little more context: "If I had won the lottery when ...
  • Nov 19, 2018 ... I once dreamt that I had won the lottery. It was such a vivid sensation. My body was tense, my spine tingled and I was overjoyed at my ...
  • Aug 17, 2020 ... Maybe if I had won the pre season trophy I'd get manager of the year... IMAGE. r/FifaCareers - a ...
  • Oct 14, 2018 ... Hello. Is there any difference In meaning between those two sentences : I thought I won and I thought I had won.
  • Sep 9, 2023 ... 7032 likes, 268 comments - arishapiro on September 9, 2023: "In my post about learning that I had won the @nlgjaofficial journalist of the ...
  • I had won—but I wasn't happy.” “I had won—but I wasn't happy.” 3. (2). After two weeks of trying to get my daughter into a different swim class, the school ...
  • Sep 16, 2024 ... 139 likes, 19 comments - ceantelo on September 16, 2024: "To discover I had won the Maestro Award earlier this year was a tremendous honor.
  • Jul 14, 2019 ... ... and joy when my number was called! I won $500, enough for a set of new tires! I felt as lucky as if I had won a million! Upvote ·. 7.3K7.3K.
  • Jun 14, 2024 ... I got a call today saying that I had won a publishing clearing house prize back in 2007 but publishing clearing house.

This phrase is incorrect in English.

"I had win"

  • Oct 14, 2024 ... I had win 10 pro 64 upgrade installed on my win 7 pro 64 . I replaced my damaged ssd that was fully up to date with win10, but was unable to ...
  • Jun 8, 2015 ... i had win 8.1 which once i turned off all that metro crap, i thought it was a great os. seemed to be really nice. win 10 really doesnt seem ...
  • Feb 10, 2022 ... It feel like I had win solo against very hard boss in Dark Souls or Bloodborne. So with happy I draw my first fan-art about that: Fluff.
  • Aug 12, 2015 ... I Had Win 10 drive in the C bay D drive is internally mounted. I ran CC and cleaned the registry. A LOT of crud was there and I backed up ...
  • Jul 6, 2023 ... For 5th alliance I had win/win/win as attacker and defender. So for me I got less than 3 fights for attacking or defending side if I lost before ...
  • Nov 16, 2019 ... Hello,. So back when i had Win 7 i would normally use VLC media player for movies and even music, but now i recently found an article that ...
  • Dec 11, 2015 ... Click here to jump to that post. Originally posted by TopHatPenguin: Originally posted by Allu: I had win ... I had win-draw-win-lose and got ...
  • Aug 18, 2005 ... However, as I recall, as soon as I added the Q binding with Win as a modifier, my binding for Win stopped working (no suprises here, I had Win ...
  • Nov 8, 2018 ... I had Win 7 Pro & Win 8.1 Pro and did the free upgrade with Windows 10 when it came out. I have never had an issue I have also been on the ...
  • Apr 24, 2017 ... I had Pro Tools running on this workstation in the past, but can't remember if this was when I had Win 7 on it. I'm wondering if I could get ...

Alternatives:

  • I had won
  • I won
  • I have won
  • I was winning
  • I will win

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