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lokesh_420

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Hi,

Can we use the "had" to expess an action that happened few hours back?Say for example
"I had gone to my friend's house few hours back" Is this sentence right??
 

Harry Smith

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Hi,

Can we use the "had" to expess an action that happened few hours back?Say for example
"I had gone to my friend's house few hours back" Is this sentence right??

No, you can't. Here you should use the past simple instead of the past perfect.
I went to my friend's place a few hours ago.;-)
 
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