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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Have had to/had to have

Question: What sounds better?

...but you have had to already been enrolled...
OR
...but you had to have already been enrolled...
  

Top answer

The second may work. What is the context and what is this in repsonse to. I wish I had joined that class.

  • The second may work.
  • What is the context and what is this in repsonse to.
  • I wish I had joined that class.
  • You couldn't have.
  • You had to have already been enrolled in the program to be allowed to participate.
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3 Answers
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Maybe neither.The first one is ungrammatical.The second may work.

What is the context and what is this in repsonse to.

I wish I had joined that class.
You couldn't have. You had to have already been enrolled in the program to be allowed to participate.

Something like that?
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This is the content:
I did some research on AE’s car rental policies; they do offer coverage for damage done to the car but you had to have already been enrolled with the premium service.
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Anonymousbut you had to have already been enrolled
Looks OK to me.

CJ

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