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Koolfreak Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Need Help In Grammer

Where do we use HAVE & HAD together???

for an example....

They have had some problem.

thanx in advance Emotion: smile
  

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You have just used them together. ) is used in the present perfect tense. Examples: I have had his phone number for more than six months.

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  • You have just used them together.
  • ) is used in the present perfect tense.
  • Examples: I have had his phone number for more than six months.
  • He has never needed help.
  • They have gone abroad.
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You have just used them together. Have + past participle (= had, needed, gone, written, been etc.) is used in the present perfect tense. Examples:

I have had his phone number for more than six months.
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Thanx for your kind reply... Emotion: smile
your first sentence could have written as
I had his phone number for more than six
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koolfreakyour first sentence could have written as
I had his phone number for more than six months... (hope both sentences mean the same)
No, they don't. You can use the past tense if you no longer have his phone number; in other words, you have, for example, lost it:

I
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Then, i could have written as...

I am having his phone number for six months.


is there any problem with that?
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koolfreak I am having his phone number for six months.


is there any problem with that?
Yes, it's wrong. Use the correct tense I gave to you. Have is used in the continous tenses in special senses only. For example, you cannot say:

I am having money if you mean I have money. I can't think of a situation i
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Oh, Thanks...Emotion: smile

I won't commit the same mistake again.

Thanks Once again for the help!
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