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can any body tell me what we mean when we say"i have had" or "i had have"

Mschufman · Accepted Answer

I think your question is ''what does it mean when one says "I have had," or "I had had" because no one can say ''I had have."

I have had is a present perfect of to have The present perfect is a 2 part present tense starting with a helping verb to have and then the action verb in its past participle form. The tense indicates a past action that carries over to the present, or is still relevant in the present, according to the speaker. Sometimes the helping verb and the action verb are both to have This is the case, but think of the first 'have' only as part of the tense.

You could say ''I have had a good time with you.'' and that would imply that you had a good time and are still having a good time.

If you wanted to imply that the time together was over, you would say I had a good time with you (and now it's time for us to part)

If you say "I had had" this is the same thing as the example above, except fixed in the past. This is a past perfect, or a pluperfect tense. This tense indicates an action further in the past that carried over into a more recent past. If you use the past perfect right now, that means that at the time you are referring to in the past, you would have used the present perfect.

For example, think of a journal from the past. Let's say the following is your journal from 1995.

January 3rd, 1995

Julia and I have had a great day... I hope we get together again soon.

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And now imagine you are telling a story about this day now. You want to transfer the same ideas and fix them in the past, so you say. "I remember I had had a great day. I hoped we would get together again soon.

Notice here that all that has happened is that we have changed the first helping verb from present to past, and the "I hope'' in the present has been changed to a simple past.

I hope this helps,
Mike

Rajan001 · Answer

thank you mschufman sir for your help. i also want to know what we mean when we say "i am game" or "he is game" and sentence like that. also i am confused about when to use would and when will, will you please help me on this

Avangi · Answer

Referring to another person, it could mean he is a good player. But it usually means "I'm in [the game]." "Count me / him in."

"Would you like to go to a movie tonight?" (reply) "I'm game."

"What would you think about the two of us starting up a business together?" (reply) "I'm game."

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