Learn English – Is “the team HAD not won any match last year” correct? Shouldn’t it be “the team DID not win…”

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The West Indies team had not won any match last year.

This question came in my exam , I corrected 'did not win'

But they are saying no error ….

Is there any possibility to use HAD like this?

Best Answer

The West Indies team had not won any match last year.

makes no sense to me (as a native British English speaker).

Firstly it needs to either be a match or any matches. Secondly "had won" only works if "until / up to a certain point" is used.

Some grammatical options are:

  • The West Indies team did not win any matches last year.

  • The West Indies team have not won any matches this year.

  • The West Indies team had not won any matches by August last year.

  • The West Indies team had not won any matches until last year..

In any of my above options a match could be used instead of any matches.

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