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Fatimah0786 Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

Usage of 'have had'

I heard this on Luke's podcast :"How many high profile stammerers have we had in U.K since king George 6 died in 1952?" In this, there are two past perfects which got me confused about 1.how to use them twice in a sentence and 2.what are such sentence having two perfect forms called? Could someone please clarify?

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Top answer

This example has only one past perfect. see the sentence below. K since king George 6 died in 1952.

— Park sang joon

  • This example has only one past perfect.
  • see the sentence below.
  • K since king George 6 died in 1952.
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This example has only one past perfect. see the sentence below.

We have had many high profile stammerers in U.K since king George 6 died in 1952.
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Actually, there is no past perfect verb form in the sentence.

'We have had' is present perfect of the main verb 'have'.
'Died' is simple past.
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Thanks for answering, park sang joon and Mister micawber. I am still confused, are you saying that 'have' is the present perfect for 'had'?





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fatimah0786are you saying that 'have' is the present perfect for 'had'?
No, I said that 'have had' is the present perfect for 'have'. ('Have' = possess).
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How many high-profile stammerers have we had in U.K since king George 6 died in 1952?

have -- auxiliary verb (It has no real meaning, but it makes the sentence grammatical.)
had -- main verb (the past participle of "have")
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