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Nightingale09 Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
Confusion of conditional clause pattern 4
about conditional clause which is
would
if + s + had +v3, s + should + have + v3
might
such as "If i had received the message, I would have gone to see him"
"If it had been dark, we could have visited you"
both of them are correct but I found one sentence in my textbook which is
"If they had taken your advice, they would have had saved a lot of time"
I was wondering that "have had" was wrong when you look at the structure .Could anyone gives me an explaination ? Thank you.
PS.I'm Thai student .Sorry for any mistaken grammar
would
if + s + had +v3, s + should + have + v3
might
such as "If i had received the message, I would have gone to see him"
"If it had been dark, we could have visited you"
both of them are correct but I found one sentence in my textbook which is
"If they had taken your advice, they would have had saved a lot of time"
I was wondering that "have had" was wrong when you look at the structure .Could anyone gives me an explaination ? Thank you.
PS.I'm Thai student .Sorry for any mistaken grammar
Top answer
It is probably a misprint, an unintentional error. ' You also know that 'have' and its forms can be verbal auxiliaries which, combined with the past participle form of a verb, are used to express the 'perfect' tenses of a verb, as illustrated in your example. " Notice that an application as a verb and an application as an auxiliary have both been demonstrated.
- It is probably a misprint, an unintentional error.
- ' You also know that 'have' and its forms can be verbal auxiliaries which, combined with the past participle form of a verb, are used to express the 'perfect' tenses of a verb, as illustrated in your example.
- " Notice that an application as a verb and an application as an auxiliary have both been demonstrated.
- "
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It is probably a misprint, an unintentional error.
The sentence should read:
"If they had taken your advice, they would have saved a lot of time."
You probably know the verb 'to have' means 'to hold or maintain as a
possession.' Had is the past tense of have, meaning, 'formerly possessed.'
You also know that 'have' and its forms can be verbal auxiliaries which,
The sentence should read:
"If they had taken your advice, they would have saved a lot of time."
You probably know the verb 'to have' means 'to hold or maintain as a
possession.' Had is the past tense of have, meaning, 'formerly possessed.'
You also know that 'have' and its forms can be verbal auxiliaries which,
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