Had had
AFTER THEY STUDIED VERB TENSES ALL WEEK, THE STUDENTS HAD HAD ENOUGH GRAMMAR!
Please check my understanding of the above as I always find it hard to understand "have had or had had" construction
Second action in the past: studied
From that point further in the past happened the first action: had had enough...
First had:auxiliary
Second had: main pp of the verb "have"
Which meaning of "have" is used here: possession or experience?
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Top answer
This "have enough" is an idiomatic expression that is used almost exclusively in perfect tenses (or with modals). g. ) "I have had enough" is talking about the present result of past experience -- in effect it is used to describe our state now, and "I had had enough" is likewise used to describe our state at some past time.
- This "have enough" is an idiomatic expression that is used almost exclusively in perfect tenses (or with modals).
- g.
- ) "I have had enough" is talking about the present result of past experience -- in effect it is used to describe our state now, and "I had had enough" is likewise used to describe our state at some past time.
- In your sentence, the students had "had enough" at the end of the week as a result of their experiences during the week.
- The combination of tenses in your sentence does not read very well to me.
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This "have enough" is an idiomatic expression that is used almost exclusively in perfect tenses (or with modals). (In other senses it can be used with other tenses; e.g. "I have enough food".)
"I have had enough" is talking about the present result of past experience -- in effect it is used to describe our state now, and "I had had enough" is likewise used to describe our state at some p
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