May 24, 2021 · The two instances of “had had” play different grammatical roles in the sentences—the first is a modifier while the second is the main verb of the sentence. I don't understand the grammatical explanation given for this sentence. How does had had had had make sense and is grammatical? I understand that had had is correct, but not had had ...

Apr 19, 2016 · -- In "has had", "has" is an auxiliary verb, "had" is the past participle form of "to have". -- In "had had", the first "had" is an auxiliary verb, the second "had" is the past participle form of "to have". If the information in the canonical post is a little too advanced for you, you can google for "English present perfect past perfect".

Dec 8, 2017 · "Had" or "had had" shows only 1 thing, and that is the timeline. You need to have the money before you can buy anything! So if you had had the money, then you would have bought this car. The money comes first here in time, ie, before you make the decision to buy this car. If you only use had, then it's unclear when you had the money.

Mar 24, 2020 · The verb here is "to have". The simple past tense of "to have" is "had". The past perfect tense of "to have" is "had had". So one of these sentences is using the simple past tense and the other is using the past perfect tense.

Feb 28, 2022 · He has had a biscuit. This is a perfect tense, and it uses the past participle "had". Now it is a coincidence that the past tense form of "have" is also "had"! (In most languages with participles, the participles are different from the past tense - English is a bit weird) If you for the past perfect you get: He had had a biscuit.

People who have had their belongings taken will turn into miserable people. Here are the things I seem to have gotten from StoneyB's answers: Have had is used for one-time occurrences, but had can be used for such occurrences as well; Have or simple present is used for something more habitual; So does that mean have had and had are interchangeable?

Nov 4, 2015 · In have had to ... the auxiliary is cast in the present-tense form, which is have with a first-person subject, so this is a present perfect. In had had to ... the auxiliary is cast in the past-tense form, which is always had, so this is a past perfect. Examples of the use of these constructions: I have had to explain the perfect construction ...

The subject of the first sentence is "the dreams he had had" and for the second sentence it is "The success their operation had had". Note that I have removed of from the second phrase to make it grammatically correct. The use of past perfect had had makes it clear that the dreams and success preceded the past event in the main sentence.

Nov 28, 2022 · For example: I haven't had my breakfast. I hadn't had my breakfast. I didn't have my breakfast. Could you clarify if the abovementioned sentences are grammatically correct, and if yes, then what are

Mar 28, 2017 · you had worked hard - past perfect: backshifted for a hypothetical situation. Plug that into the sentence, and you get: If you had worked hard, you would not have had to suffer this much. You only use would for hypothetical situations when you need the past of will. I will meet you at the airport I would meet you at the airport if I had a car.