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Hampeh Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

Had been done ?

Dear teachers and fellow friends,

Have you ever heard someone is using this sentence. “Had been done” I’m not sure whether it is correct or not, but my friend use it a lot in his email.

According to English Page verb tense table, I couldn’t find any example that have combination of had + been + past participle, but they do have had + been + present participle (root word )
http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/verbtenseintro.html
As example of Past Perfect Continuous is I had been studying English for five years before I moved to the

Please correct me if I’m wrong. Thanks Emotion: smile

p/s - I would appreciate if you could let me know any grammar or wording error in each of my writings here
  

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Hampeh Have you ever heard someone is using this sentence. “Had been done” I’m not sure whether it is correct or not This is not a sentence, but just a verb form. 'had been + past participle' is the past perfect tense in the passive voice.

— CalifJim

  • Hampeh Have you ever heard someone is using this sentence.
  • “Had been done” I’m not sure whether it is correct or not This is not a sentence, but just a verb form.
  • 'had been + past participle' is the past perfect tense in the passive voice.
  • It's completely correct.
  • had been done, had been seen, had been shown, had been found, had been known, had been sung, had been taken ...
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HampehHave you ever heard someone is using this sentence. “Had been done” I’m not sure whether it is correct or not
This is not a sentence, but just a verb form. 'had been + past participle' is the past perfect tense in the passive voice. It's completely correct.

had been done, had been seen, had been shown, had been found, had been known,
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Let me know if i am correct:

this has been done = this is done
I have been awarded = I am awarded
This had been done = this was/were done
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Well, all of those phrasings have different uses, Anon, so I have to say that you are wrong.
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Where were you all these days?

I had been to France.

I had gone to France.

Are both correct? For some reason I prefer the latter.

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