where can I use it?

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Hi,Please tell me where I can use the "would had had + something" construction. Can I use that construction in a conditional sentence?

Mister Micawber · Accepted Answer

'Would had had' is an impossible structure.

Jisu98 · Answer

How about "would have had"? I gusess "would had had" was a typing miss.

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Do you say that "That was a miss-type or a missed type." to express a typing mistake? And how about ' a typing miss'?

Believer · Answer

Thank you, Mr. M.

I Googled the phrase "would had done," which would seem a similar phrase (or expression) to "would had had," and seem to have gotten 11,600 hits. Some parts of sentences that contain "would had done" from hits are:

... no matter what they would had done ...

But he would had done enough to win the Commonwealth Games in 1986.

Also, is this construction/structure (which one is appropriate here??) possible?

if I hadn't have opened it

or if I had have opened it

Thank you.

CalifJim · Answer

Please tell me where I can use the "would had had + something" construction

The only form possible after a modal verb is a bare infinitive. This should be would have had.

CJ

Mister Micawber · Answer

... no matter what they would had done ...
But he would had done enough to win the Commonwealth Games in 1986.
These are typographical errors or errors of ignorance; 'would had' + verb is impossible in acceptable grammar, Believer. A good illustration of why Google hits should be in the 6-digit range before they are considered generally acceptable.

if I hadn't have opened it or if I had have opened it

Also unacceptable-- a false extension of 'had of', of which the UVic writer's guide has this to say:

Had Of

If you are in the habit of saying this ("If I had of looked, I would have seen the steamroller"), stop, unless you are acting in "Leave It To Beaver." And do not under any circumstances write it down; "had" will do just fine.

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