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Hanuman_2000 Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

Had

Hello,

He was still tired even after he had had eight hour sleep.

Could anyone explain the meaning of the 'had' in the bold?

Thanks.
  

Top answer

Thanks. It's the past participle and the main verb in the past perfect phrase "had had". It means that he had experienced eight hour sleep.

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  • Thanks.
  • It's the past participle and the main verb in the past perfect phrase "had had".
  • It means that he had experienced eight hour sleep.
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hanuman_2000Hello,He was still tired even after he had had eight hour sleep.Could anyone explain the meaning of the 'had' in the bold?Thanks.
It's the past participle and the main verb in the past perfect phrase "had had". It means that he had experienced eight hour sleep.
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hanuman_2000Could anyone explain the meaning of the 'had' in the bold?
That's the third form of the main verb HAVE. The first 'had' is the past simple of auxiliary HAVE.
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hanuman_2000He was still tired even after he had had eight hours of sleep.
.............................. present perfect ....... past perfect ....
...................................... has ...................... had ...........
take, took,
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