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When to use had? [#permalink] New post 09 Nov 2011, 11:31
Can someone please explain when to use "had" in a gmat SC question? How do you determine whether to use "had" or not?
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Re: When to use had? [#permalink] New post 09 Nov 2011, 14:19
Had is past perfect. It is used when an action had started and completed before a past action.

e.g. I had dinner before my friends arrived. - In this sentence 'my friends arrived' is the past action. 'I had dinner' is the action which had started and completed before that..

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