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Whst's the meaning of "she had had it done" in the following sentence?
The schoolteacher watched him a moment and then said, "Well anyway, as far as the baptizing went, the old man could have spared himself. I was already baptized. My mother never overcame her upbringing and she had had it done. But the damage to me of having it done at the age of seven was tremendous. It made a lasting scar. ”
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Whst's the meaning of "she had had it done" in the following sentence?
The schoolteacher watched him a moment and then said, "Well anyway, as far as the baptizing went, the old man could have spared himself. I was already baptized. My mother never overcame her upbringing and she had had it done. But the damage to me of having it done at the age of seven was tremendous. It made a lasting scar. ”
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Top answer
It's the past perfect tense, with an extra 'had' for the causative construction. She didn't do the baptizing, but she had someone else do it. She had baked a cake for the occasion (she did the baking).
- It's the past perfect tense, with an extra 'had' for the causative construction.
- She didn't do the baptizing, but she had someone else do it.
- She had baked a cake for the occasion (she did the baking).
- She had had a cake baked for the occasion (someone else did the baking)
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It's the past perfect tense, with an extra 'had' for the causative construction. She didn't do the baptizing, but she had someone else do it.
She had baked a cake for the occasion (she did the baking).
She had had a cake baked for the occasion (someone else did the baking)
She had baked a cake for the occasion (she did the baking).
She had had a cake baked for the occasion (someone else did the baking)
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