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PreciousJones Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Had

I had a sandwich at the expo before coming to dinner.

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PreciousJones I had a sandwich at the expo before coming to dinner. It's perfectly fine. " It's simple past tense.

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  • PreciousJones I had a sandwich at the expo before coming to dinner.
  • It's perfectly fine.
  • " It's simple past tense.
  • I had a million dollars, but I lost it on the ponies.
  • "Had" has different meanings: I had an idea.
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PreciousJonesI had a sandwich at the expo before coming to dinner.
It's perfectly fine.

"Had" usually smells like past perfect and causes us to worry, but in this case it's not a "helping verb."
It's simple past tense.

I had a million dollars, but I lost it on the ponies.

"Had" has different meanings:
I had an i
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