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When do I use these in a sentence?
had had
have have
have had
thanks for you're help
Mar 11, 2011 2:59 PM
Answers · 3
You use had had (Past Perfect) when you talk about a action that happened before other action in the past. For example "If I had had the opportunities that you had, I wouldn't have made that mistake" Generally used with words like after, before, when.
I think that you don´t use have have.
And have had is present perfect. You use it to say that an action began in the past, but you don´t know exactly when, and it´s still happening now. For example: I have had a flu lately
Generally used with words like since, for, lately, recently.
I really hope it helped.
March 11, 2011
I think you should stop guessing or just throwing words around.
have had = present perfect
had had = past perfect
You need to learn this stuff yourself.
March 12, 2011
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Raian
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