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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

Which is correct grammatically

He has had to have it repaired.
AND/OR
He has to have had it repaired.
  

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Anonymous He has had to have it repaired. A recent past necessity. Anonymous He has to have had it repaired.

  • Anonymous He has had to have it repaired.
  • A recent past necessity.
  • Anonymous He has to have had it repaired.
  • A present assessment of a past possibility.
  • has had to + have done = present perfect of 'have to' (= 'must') + infinitive of coercive 'have' + past participle has to + have had done = present simple of 'have to' + perfect infinitive of coercive 'have + past participle
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AnonymousHe has had to have it repaired.
A recent past necessity.
AnonymousHe has to have had it repaired.
A present assessment of a past possibility.

has had to + have done = present perfect of 'have to' (= 'must') + infinitive of coercive 'have' + past participle
has to + have had done = present

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