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Anupam77 Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
Had to/Had had to
I am confused at the difference in the meaning of these two sentences.
1.I had to walk for a long distances to seek medical service.
2.I had had to walk for a long distances to seek medical service.
I would be very pleased to get help from senior members.
1.I had to walk for a long distances to seek medical service.
2.I had had to walk for a long distances to seek medical service.
I would be very pleased to get help from senior members.
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I had to walk for a long distances to seek medical service. This is the simple past of "have to walk". I had had to walk for a long distances to seek medical service.
- I had to walk for a long distances to seek medical service.
- This is the simple past of "have to walk".
- I had had to walk for a long distances to seek medical service.
- " It is used in the context where the past perfect is being used in a narrative: We had lived under difficult circumstances for many years and I had had to walk for a long distances to seek medical service.
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1.I had to walk for a long distances to seek medical service. This is the simple past of "have to walk".
2.I had had to walk for a long distances to seek medical service. This is the past perfect of "have to walk." It is used in the context where the past perfect is being used in a narrative:
We had lived under difficult circumstances for many years and I had had to walk for a long
2.I had had to walk for a long distances to seek medical service. This is the past perfect of "have to walk." It is used in the context where the past perfect is being used in a narrative:
We had lived under difficult circumstances for many years and I had had to walk for a long
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