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HelloNeed to know when should we use have had or had haShould I say have worked or have had worked is the verb have used as auxiliary or main verbLike can we say I have had working experience (here have is main verb of I'm not wrong) I have had worked(have is auxiliary verb )Please explainThanks

CalifJim · Accepted Answer

have (have, has, had) is used as an auxiliary verb to form the perfect tenses by placing it before a past participle.

Here are some past participles: taken, found, waited, seen, eaten, talked.

Present perfect tenses:

has taken, have taken; has found, have found; has waited, have waited; etc.

Past perfect tenses:

had taken; had found; had waited; had seen; etc.

There is no such thing as two uses of auxiliary have in the same verb phrase, so you cannot have these:

has had waited; had have seen; had has waited; have had found

If you see anything like this, tell yourself "No, no, no!"

have is also used as a main verb.

Laura has brown hair. / Tom has a bicycle. / We are having dinner late tonight. / The children have to go to school today. / Do you have a question? / I had a pet canary when I was a child. / All employees have to attend the meeting. / Phil was having lunch when the phone rang.

The past participle of have is had. So the main verb past participle had is used the same as other past participles (taken, found, waited, seen, etc.) in forming the perfect tenses. That is, the past participle had is preceded by auxiliary have thus:

Present perfect:

has had, have had

Past Perfect:

had had

All three of these are combinations of auxiliary have with the main verb past participle had.

George has had a fever since Monday. / I have had many opportunities to meet Mr. Paulsen. / Have you ever had measles? / After they had had their lunch, they went back to work.

CJ

CalifJim · Answer

anonymousShould I say have worked or have had worked ...

If you have read my previous post carefully, you should be able to answer your own questions.

have worked OK

have had worked Impossible. It has two have auxiliaries.

I have had working experience. OK. Auxiliary have + Main verb had.

I have had worked. Impossible. It has two have auxiliaries.

CJ

Anonymous · Answer

Hi CJ thankyou very much

One more dought as mentioned above, how to know easily where to use had as participle

Like what is the difference in I have working experience vs I have had working experience both sounds same.

Plus I listened someone say in an interview I have had worked (thus I asked this question) but as per above advice it's completely wrong so should never it. Thanks

Anonymous · Answer

Hi CJ , thankyou

I have understood all the points, the only problem is that I'm not able to identify any scenarios where use of - have had is must, mostly it just sounds forcefit, (as mentioned above I have had working experience of 10 years), can you please give me some relevant examples where it is actually of any use.if possible

Anonymous · Answer

Sure thankyou CJ

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