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Rex Posted 20 years ago
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Had had or had
0 Zdenko Tomanovic told reporters Mr Milosevic had complained of "strong drugs in his system only used for treating leprosy or tuberculosis". 02 br
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00 Dutch TV cited an unnamed source saying such traces were found in his blood. 02 br
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00 An autopsy is under way on the indicted former Yugoslav president, who died on Saturday. He had had heart problems. 02 br
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00 UN chief prosecutor Carla del Ponte has refused to comment on claims that Mr Milosevic could have been poisoned or committed suicide. 02 br
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00 "Until we have precise results [from the autopsy] it's rumours," Ms del Ponte told journalists. 02 br
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00 A Serbian doctor is observing the autopsy. 02 br
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00 Is it correct to say he had had heart problems? I would write he had heart problems. 02 br
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00 Your comments are welcome. 02 br
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00 Dutch TV cited an unnamed source saying such traces were found in his blood. 02 br
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00 An autopsy is under way on the indicted former Yugoslav president, who died on Saturday. He had had heart problems. 02 br
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00 UN chief prosecutor Carla del Ponte has refused to comment on claims that Mr Milosevic could have been poisoned or committed suicide. 02 br
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00 "Until we have precise results [from the autopsy] it's rumours," Ms del Ponte told journalists. 02 br
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00 A Serbian doctor is observing the autopsy. 02 br
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00 Is it correct to say he had had heart problems? I would write he had heart problems. 02 br
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02 br 02 br 00 and when you say "He had had heart problem" it's past perfect simple and by saying that you mean the he hadheart problems before something. 0-
- 02 br 02 br 00 and when you say "He had had heart problem" it's past perfect simple and by saying that you mean the he hadheart problems before something.
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0 "He had had heart problems" and "He had heart problem" are different things. 02 br
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00 when you say "He had heart problem" it's past simple tense which means it happened in the past. 02 br
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00 and when you say "He had had heart problem" it's past perfect simple and by saying that you mean the he hadheart problems before something. before he died. 02 br
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00 when you say "He had heart problem" it's past simple tense which means it happened in the past. 02 br
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00 and when you say "He had had heart problem" it's past perfect simple and by saying that you mean the he hadheart problems before something. before he died. 02 br
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0 The Viper, I am quite aware of what you have said. 02 br
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00 The difference is in the past perfect and simple past tense. 02 br
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00 The difference is in the past perfect and simple past tense. 02 br
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0 I don't understand your question. 02 br
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00 I think that he died after he had had herat problems. 0-
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0 "He had had heart problems" means "He had suffered from heart problems 01 u 00 continuously or repeatedly before he died 02 u 00 ". If the reporter's comment were simply "He had heart problems", one might take it as "He suffered from heart problems 01 u 00 only when he died 02 u 00 ". 02 br
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0 The Viper didn't get my point. However, it is correct to use the past perfect in this context. This is the point I want to know from the horse's mouth. 02 br
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00 He couldn't buy a new computer yesterday. 02 br
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00 Because he had some financila problems. 02 br
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00 Would you write the following today? 02 br
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00 He couldn't buy a new computer yesterday. 02 br
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0 Hello Rex 02 br
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00 I'm sorry but I think I have to say that your sentence seems a bit illogical to me. The direct cause of "I could not buy a computer" might be "I had financial problems at the moment I wanted to buy the computer", not "I had had financial problems before the time I wanted to buy the computer". So I think "I could not buy a computer yesterday because I had
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00 I'm sorry but I think I have to say that your sentence seems a bit illogical to me. The direct cause of "I could not buy a computer" might be "I had financial problems at the moment I wanted to buy the computer", not "I had had financial problems before the time I wanted to buy the computer". So I think "I could not buy a computer yesterday because I had
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00 I like your humorous reply. 02 br
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00 I couldn't buy a computer yesterday because I had financial problems. 01 b 01 font 00 This is absolutely correct. 02 font 02 br
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00 Mr. M was a heart patient. 02 br
00 He died yesterday. 02 br
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00 I like your humorous reply. 02 br
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00 I couldn't buy a computer yesterday because I had financial problems. 01 b 01 font 00 This is absolutely correct. 02 font 02 br
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0 I think you can say like this: "Although I had had financial problems for a long time since my father's death, yesterday I bought a new computer with 1000 Kr I had won in last week's lottery." 02 br
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00 As to "He died yesterday. He had had heart problems", it is fine. As you say, "He had had heart" is told just as one of his episodes, not as the direct cause of his death.
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00 As to "He died yesterday. He had had heart problems", it is fine. As you say, "He had had heart" is told just as one of his episodes, not as the direct cause of his death.
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0 Yesterday I went to town. 02 br
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00 I bought a pen after I had bought a shirt. 02 br
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00 The above should be a perfect 'past perfect' sentence. 0-
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00 I bought a pen after I had bought a shirt. 02 br
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01 font 00 I bought a pen after I had bought a shirt. 00 You can certainly say this, it's correct. However, it sounds a bit unnatural. More common would be 01 font 00 I bought a pen after I bought a shirt 02 font 00 . 00 The word 'after' makes the sequence of events clear without the past perfect
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01 font 00 I bought a pen after I had bought a shirt. 00 You can certainly say this, it's correct. However, it sounds a bit unnatural. More common would be 01 font 00 I bought a pen after I bought a shirt 02 font 00 . 00 The word 'after' makes the sequence of events clear without the past perfect
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