Does this sentence sound normal?
Had I know it before, I should not have gone there.
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It is conditional. So you need a few changes.
know --> known past
conditional, so should --> would
Had I known it before, I would not have gone there.
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"Had I known it beforehand, I would not have gone there." U.S. English.
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Hello!
I agree partly because "Had I known it before" is correct but "Did I know it before" is actually posing a question.
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"Had I know" is the incorrect form.
It should be either "Had I known it before" or "Did I know it (before)".
And normally people contract the "should not" in this grammar. "I shouldn't have gone there."
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