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The phrase "had never occurred" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English.
It is in the past perfect tense, indicating an action that was completed before another action in the past. Example: It had never occurred to me that I could be so successful in my career until I received the promotion.
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- had never occurred to the artist.
This option had never occurred to me.
"The thought had never occurred to me.
Mr. Hawkins said the idea had never occurred to him.
He finally decided the incident had never occurred.
"It had never occurred to me," Mr. Romer said.
This possibility had never occurred to the Americans.
Rawlings: "Such a book had never occurred to me.
But it had never occurred to me to play the role".
As if France's enormous influence on modern letters had never occurred!
They rethought the watch, in ways that had never occurred to me.
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