Help me with the grammer

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Hi ,I am not able to form sentences having have/has/had followed by had. Please explain the grammer used for these kinds of sentences.Regards,Santsoh

AlpheccaStars · Accepted Answer

Santsoh:
Have is a verb. It means to own, possess, experience, etc..
The verb have is also an auxilliary used to make the perfect tenses.
I have visited my friend three times already. (present perfect of the verb "visit")
I have eaten many juicy oranges.

Before Jan 1, 2000, I had been to London only once. (past perfect of the verb "be")
The verb "have" can be in perfect tenses. The present perfect of "have" is "have had / has had"
I have had many wonderful trips to London.
He has had a lot of good luck.
Before the accident, he had had nothing but good luck (past perfect)

Having + past participle is a continuous perfect form used in participial phrases: (I am not 100% certain on this description, perhaps some of the other experts will weigh in!)

Having finished my work, I took a well-deserved break.
Having eaten all the meat, the cat gnawed on the bones.

Having had a good meal, I settled down for a long nap.

CalifJim · Answer

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The grammar for the verb have is not different from that of any other verb, like take, for example. Don't confuse auxiliary have with main verb have. Auxiliary have is applied to all verbs to create the perfect tenses.

Present perfect:
He, she, it has had Compare: He, she, it has taken

I, you, we, they have had Compare: I, you, we, they have taken

Past perfect:
He, she, it, I, you, we, they had had Compare: He, she, it, I, you, we, they had taken.

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Susan has had a headache for six hours.
I have had a piece of cake already, thank you.
Has anyone had trouble with this exercise?
Joe has had to write his essay again because he lost the first copy.
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If I had had a headache, I would have taken some aspirin.
Although Karen and Jane had had lunch, they still felt hungry.
Louise felt bad because she had had an argument with her husband.
The committee approved the measure before Mr. Johnson had even had a chance to read it.
CJ

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