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Decided the following sentence is grammatically correct or incorrect. Habían diez libros sobre la mesa.

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I think the grammar is correct. It looks right.
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This sentence is grammatically incorrect.
The verb HABER is used in Spanish to mean TO HAVE. However, when it is used in past tense, it means USED TO/THERE WAS. When used with that meaning, the verb haber has only one form in the past, and that is HABIA (without -n in the end). So it only uses the singular form (without N). The sentence should be Había diez libros sobre la mesa.
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