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Cat navy 425 Posted 7 years ago
Grammar

Doubt in sentence

Dear all,

I would like to know the meaning of the following sentence. Is this a correct sentence?

"We should have had the car repaired before trying to sell it".

I just can't understand why "had" is used there


Thanks in advance

  

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We should have the car repaired - at some time in the future. We should have had the car repaired - at some time in the past.

— Fivejedjon

  • We should have the car repaired - at some time in the future.
  • We should have had the car repaired - at some time in the past.
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We should have the car repaired - at some time in the future.

We should have had the car repaired - at some time in the past.

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