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We had discussed vs we had a discussion

Both of these phrases are fine/correct; however, they're used in different contexts. 'We had discussed' is used to refer to the act of talking about something in the past, while 'we had a discussion' is used to indicate that a conversation or debate took place in the past.
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We had discussed

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used to talk about the act of discussing something in the past. It indicates that a conversation or topic was talked about previously.

Examples:

  • We had discussed the project before the meeting.
  • They had discussed the issue at length.
  • I remember we had discussed this topic last week.
  • Ich is not what we had discussed.
  • Which is not what we had discussed.
  • We had discussed that coincidence many times.
  • We had discussed, but I never agreed to anything.
  • We had discussed changing our approach after I filed the plan.
  • We had discussed... and one of those cases was the clay dobson case?
  • It's just a little shorter than what we had discussed.
  • That's not what we had discussed.
  • I thought we had discussed the Matthew situation.
  • I thought we had discussed a cash discount.
  • You, sir, were not at work this morning as we had discussed.
  • I thought we had discussed that I would decide... how I wanted to spend my time and my life.
  • Mr Piecyk, in particular, has stressed the fact that we had discussed the easing of restrictions.
  • It took place directly before the ordinary meeting of the General Affairs Council, and what we decided was of course what we had discussed with the new Member States.
  • The responsibility is mine. I asked her not to mention it until we had discussed the matter.
  • I asked her not to mention it until we had discussed the matter.
  • author. - I wish that we had discussed the Philippines instead, where the EU could have made a real contribution to saving the lives of many people.
  • We had discussed last time.
  • I thought we had discussed this.
  • We had also discussed a more neutral palette.

Alternatives:

  • We talked about
  • We had a conversation about
  • We went over

we had a discussion

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used to indicate that a conversation or debate took place in the past. It emphasizes the exchange of ideas or opinions between people.

Examples:

  • We had a discussion about the budget cuts.
  • They had a discussion about the best course of action.
  • I remember we had a discussion on that topic.
  • Mr President, yesterday, we had a discussion on the budget.
  • Last night in Parliament we had a discussion with Commissioner Oreja on comitology, the proposal coming from the Commission.
  • Let us be clear, at that meeting, where the groups concerned were represented, we had a discussion about whether these two paragraphs on Kosovo and the Middle East would be acceptable.
  • In particular, with regard to things like audiovisual, we had a discussion today in Parliament on the Randzio-Plath report on transparency and financial dealings between undertakings and state aid.
  • Within the Commission we had a discussion a week or so ago on the situation in some of the outermost regions in the context of migration and the difficult situations experienced.
  • No, we had a discussion, sir.
  • Yesterday we had a discussion with representatives of the High Commissioner for former Yugoslavia and it seems that, regarding the spending of the money, there are serious problems, particularly with regard to the development of land for housing.
  • In this context, we had a discussion on how to address key partners in the world introduced by the Vice-President of the Commission/High Representative Cathy Ashton, whose pertinent analysis was well received.
  • At the beginning of the topical and urgent debate, we had a discussion on the application of Rule 146 of the Rules of Procedure, that is to say adjournment of a debate.
  • As I said, we had a discussion about our security system in the Bureau on Monday and the Secretary-General is currently preparing a report on how it might be.
  • We had a discussion in Parliament last year on appropriate responses to the bioterrorism issue, such as stockpiling vaccines against smallpox.
  • We had a discussion, which I came to the hospital to finish.
  • We had a discussion about the error of his ways, if you catch my drift.
  • We had a discussion on the same day about the crisis in Greece and some other points.
  • We had a discussion on this subject in the Commission meeting today particularly as regards the link to the habitats and the birds directives.
  • We took the trouble to go into the details of finalisation of the various horizontal agendas, in order to ensure we had a discussion basis for the Luxembourg summit.
  • 'So we had a discussion about how the time could be used productively.'

Alternatives:

  • We talked it over
  • We debated
  • We conversed

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