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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
"to have had"
I heard this expression in a documentary. I think that it is very uncommon, but sounds correct. I have definitely heard "to be had" perhaps "to have had" is similar to that.
it sounds unnecessary though instead of "to be had" you could just say "to have" and "to have had" I don't just to say "to have". What are your thoughts on this? Thank you.
it sounds unnecessary though instead of "to be had" you could just say "to have" and "to have had" I don't just to say "to have". What are your thoughts on this? Thank you.
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Please supply a sentence. As is stands, both 'to be had' and 'to have had' have their uses.
- Please supply a sentence.
- As is stands, both 'to be had' and 'to have had' have their uses.
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Please supply a sentence. As is stands, both 'to be had' and 'to have had' have their uses.
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Ok, here's first example:
"When you have money, there are a lot of things to be had"
I will edit the 2nd example shortly.
"When you have money, there are a lot of things to be had"
I will edit the 2nd example shortly.
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Daithy"When you have money, there are a lot of things to be had"Good sentence. What is your question?
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"When you have money, there are a lot of things to be had" is fine.
"When you have money, there are a lot of things you can have" would be fine.
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"When you have money, there are a lot of things you can have" would be fine.
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Apologies, I am the above anon. I had posted the question before I signed up. You asked me to supply a valid sentence, hence......
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Addon: (ex.) - 'to have had'
"And here we sit in 2012. The world still burning oil, gas and coal. When we have had technologies, sciences and all the information we need to have had a completely new civilization."
"And here we sit in 2012. The world still burning oil, gas and coal. When we have had technologies, sciences and all the information we need to have had a completely new civilization."
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DaithyWhen we have had technologies, sciences and all the information we need to have had a completely new civilization.That one doesn't work. Perhaps something like this is meant:
When we have the technologies, sciences and all the information we need, we will have a completely new civilization.
That's rather different from the
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"When we have had technologies, sciences and all the information we need to have had a completely new civilization."
to have here would mean we could be experiencing this now.
To have had here would mean that we could have been experiencing this for a while already.
to have here would mean we could be experiencing this now.
To have had here would mean that we could have been experiencing this for a while already.
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