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Hellowhat do mean these sentences:1- he had had a car2- he has had a car 3-he had a car

Xerxes · Accepted Answer

Each one is a different tense.
1. The past perfect.
2. The present perfect.
3. The simple past

You can read up on those online - there is no shortage of websites offering information about all the different tenses. Wikipedia is a good place start and has a lot of information. Then, if things are still unclear, feel free to post any questions concerning further clarification.

Samersamer1974 · Answer

Hello
I know what is the tense of each sentence but I want the meaning ,and when I know what is meant I will know like this in future
thank you

Xerxes · Answer

Perhaps other posters will feel differently, but I would like to help you and not do the work for you - work that you can easily do on your own. If you are looking for the meaning, I suggest you take advantage of dictionaries and/or the copious wealth of information freely available online. If you have concrete questions or a certain context, that's fine; but I am not going to define the past or present perfect for you when you can read up on this on Wikipedia or any other website, really.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uses_of_English_verb_forms

Scroll down to the "Uses of verb combination types", it's all there.

CalifJim · Answer

samersamer1974What do ~~mean~~ these sentences mean?

They all mean basically the same thing. At some time in the past he was the owner of a car.

The difference is the contextual environment in which you use each one.

He had had a car (before something else happened). You use this one if you're already talking about something in the past and you want to mention that the car ownership was before what you're talking about now. You don't need this one as much as you need the other two below.

He has had a car. You use this one if you want to mention that he had the experience of owning a car. Maybe he doesn't have a car now, but at some time in the past he did, so he has had the experience of owning a car. You cannot add information about when he had this experience if you use this form.

He had a car. You have to use this one if you want to add information about when he had a car. He had a car when he lived in New York. He had a car before he graduated from high school. He had a car three years ago. You use this one even if it's just implied or assumed when he had a car because you are already talking about things that happened at the same time. This one is used more than the other two.

CJ

Samersamer1974 · Answer

Hello
thank you very much for your answer and i understand about this well .
but why this sentence "she has had a baby"= she has given birth . why isn't included in the number 2 , i thought that she has a baby before and the baby is dead now .
thank you again and your efforts with me

CalifJim · Answer

samersamer1974why this sentence "she has had a baby"= she has given birth . why isn't included in the number 2

In the sense of giving birth, having a baby is an action, a process. Having a car is a state of ownership.

The meaning and usage of "have" changes depending on the other words in the sentence.

Actions: have a baby, have a party, have a good time, have a meal
States: have a car, have an apartment, have a brother, have a problem

"have a baby" is a special expression called an idiom. Your sentence was about a car, so there is no reason why anything about a baby would be included in number 2.

samersamer1974i thought that she has a baby before and the baby is dead now .

No. If you say she has had a baby, it means she has given birth. She has had the experience of giving birth. Maybe a long time ago. Maybe just yesterday. It says nothing about the baby. It doesn't say the baby is dead.

CJ

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