Can you please explain ( the easiest) how to use Pluperfect versus Preterite Perfect?????
What is the difference between HABÍA DADO and HUBE DADO?What is the exact English translation please...and how to use them properly in a sentence.Thanks.

<div class="shortened_end2">The pretérito anterior can still occasionally be found in some literary texts, indicating what took place directly before another action in the past, for exemple:</div><div class="shortened_end2"> </div><div class="shortened_end2">Nuestro amado Señor, después que nos hubo dado todo lo que tenía, renunciando a su vida por nosotros, se deshizo del torrente </div><div class="shortened_end2"> </div><div class="shortened_end2">Our dear Lord, when He had given us all He had, and even resigned His life on our behalf, then parted with a priceless stream </div><div class="shortened_end2"> </div>

<div class="shortened_end2">We always use the past perfect when we are telling a story (in the 
simple past) and then want to look back at something that happened 
earlier.</div><div class="shortened_end2"> </div><div class="shortened_end2"><div class="shortened_end2">Mi marido me había puesto un impermeable grueso, me había dado un paraguas y me había empujado hacia la calle.</div><div class="shortened_end2"> </div><div class="shortened_end2">My husband had put a heavy raincoat on me, had handed me an umbrella, and had pushed me out the door. </div></div>

Hola Joel La frase "Había dado" se usa muy poco en realidad en el español.EJEMPLO: --Yo te había dado un regalo&nbsp;ayer.--El te había dado una caja color&nbsp; roja.Esta frase se refiere a una acción pasada pero sin estar completamente seguro. Sin embargo,&nbsp;Es mejor usar la&nbsp;frase afirmativa directa como:--Yo te di un regalo ayer.--El te dio una caja color roja&nbsp;&nbsp;Así la oración es afirmativa y se refiere al pasado.&nbsp;Sobre tu segunda duda. La frase Hube dado no existe. No se usa en el español.&nbsp;Saludos.&nbsp;&nbsp;

Entonces, are you guys saying that PRETERITE PERFECT is almost never used? Thanks for all your comments. Or just this instance of HUBE DADO....

I just want to add that, like Colton said, you would never use it. It definitely exists, but it is one of those strange obscure conjugation that is not really used. If you do find it, it will most likely be in literary Spanish.