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I spoke with vs I had spoken with

Both phrases are correct, but they are in different verb tenses. 'I spoke with' is used to talk about a past conversation that happened at a specific time, while 'I had spoken with' indicates that the conversation occurred before another event in the past.

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Last updated: September 20, 2024 • 7660 views

I spoke with

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

Use 'I spoke with' to refer to a conversation that took place at a specific time in the past.

Examples:

I spoke with my boss yesterday about the new project.
She spoke with her friend on the phone last night.

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Last updated: November 08, 2024

Dec 11, 2019 ... 'I spoke to them' means I had more or less a speech probably without interaction. 'I spoke with them' means that there was rather a conversation ...
15 hours ago ... Yesterday, I spoke with President-elect Trump to congratulate him on his victory. And I assured him that I would direct my entire ...
Jul 21, 2020 ... I spoke with Anthony Fauci. He says his inbox isn't pretty. An interview with the man who has an important message for you, if he can get it out.
Why I Spoke with the Dalai Lama About Compassion in Medicine. July 24, 2019. By Ralph Snyderman. Share. Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Share. I distinctly recall ...
Oct 21, 2024 ... I Spoke With The Creator Of @TheNBACentel ... If Bravo and ESPN had a baby, it would be Impersonal Foul. Consider becoming a paying subscriber for ...
Oct 14, 2023 ... 2896 likes, 401 comments - secondgentleman on October 14, 2023: "@u.s.surgeongeneral and I spoke with students about the mental health ...
Oct 30, 2024 ... The other day I spoke with two members of our Board of Trustees who lavished praise (totally deserved) on an individual who is my direct ...
Jul 31, 2024 ... 2422 likes, 220 comments - flsenrickscott on July 30, 2024: "Earlier today, I spoke with Maria and have since heard that Maduro put a ...
Jun 6, 2024 ... 700k users on Cara today! I spoke with TechCrunch about building Cara, and my thoughts on art, AI, and Go: https://lnkd.in/gu_VAQSK ...
Oct 29, 2024 ... 39K likes, 1502 comments - potus on October 29, 2024: "Earlier, I spoke with President Tinubu of Nigeria to express my condolences on the ...

Alternatives:

I talked to
I had a conversation with

I had spoken with

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

Use 'I had spoken with' to indicate that the conversation occurred before another event in the past.

Examples:

I had spoken with the client before the meeting started.
She had spoken with her teacher before the exam.

Show examples from the web [+]
Last updated: November 08, 2024

In contrast, "I had spoken with" indicates that the conversation took place before another past event, emphasizing a sequence in time. The former is in the ...
Aug 1, 2021 ... "I had spoken with my friend before summer break". Its using a narrative voice like u r telling a story. Btw I'm building a free app for ...
One person I had spoken with had just started a fund in 2019 called Griffin Gaming Partners (GGP), solely focused on gaming. The team was small, about 5 ...
Sep 24, 2024 ... I had seen it in the eyes of other kids I had spoken with, as well as in the eyes of fathers and grandfathers I interviewed. Suddenly I ...
Update:: I had spoken with the engineer and he acknowledges that trees may need to come down, eventually. Other environmental issues currently prevent...
Plus, I really connected with all the residents and faculty that I had spoken with on the interview trail and had a gut feeling that it was going to feel ...
... I had spoken with the man. But I had loved him once, and more even than how I'd loved him, I had worshipped him. Jerry Salinger was, I used to say, the only ...
Oct 22, 2021 ... I had spoken with a handful of tattoo artists that we knew about apprenticeships and the most prevalent advice was, “get more tattoos.” My ...
Jul 13, 2020 ... Hi Kal_Lam, I had spoken with you a couple months ago about missing submissions. Well it happened again. I am running a smallish survey in ...
I had spoken with my parents about the possibility of me giving up the apartment if my seizures got out of hand. After my second “day” seizure, I gave up ...

Alternatives:

I had talked to
I had a conversation with

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