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LifeLongLearner10 Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

Everybody has had a childhood dream

Hi everybody.

is the following snetence right?
"everybody had had a childhood dream"
thanks a lot
  

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LifeLongLearner10 " everybody had had a childhood dream" E verybody had had a childhood dream. It's grammatically correct. It may also be semantically correct if you use it correctly in context.

— CalifJim

  • LifeLongLearner10 " everybody had had a childhood dream" E verybody had had a childhood dream.
  • It's grammatically correct.
  • It may also be semantically correct if you use it correctly in context.
  • CJ
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LifeLongLearner10"everybody had had a childhood dream"
Everybody had had a childhood dream.

It's grammatically correct. It may also be semantically correct if you use it correctly in context.

CJ
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I want to say that everybody at some point had a dream which is still with them.
should I say "everybody has had a childhood dream?"
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LifeLongLearner10which is still with them
"still with them" is the key phrase. The situation continues into present time, so you need the present perfect.

Everybody has had a childhood dream.

CJ
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