Question

the captain along with the sailors was drowned. why don't we use had ??​

Answer 1

Answer: (the captain along with the sailors was drowned.) in this above sentence we  don't use (had) because wait just for a great understanding let me just give you an example lets first see how the would be like if we use had there would be grammar mistakes but still lets try

eg: the captain had been drowned with the sailors .

here i just used been along with had cause it will make the sentence easier to understand also .

Explanation:

so basically here we have to know that why we write along not had so its because of  grammar is the study of the way words are used to make sentences.

so another and last example

example:The word along can be used as a preposition or an adverb. When it is used as a preposition, it is followed by a noun. We walked along the road.

so hope it will help you so please mark me excellent .