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Had dinner or had had dinner?
For instance, he is no longer hungry or he does not want to go to eat dinner with you now. We use ‘had had’ dinner to say something happened in the past before something else that happened in the past. For instance: “Yesterday John did not go to the restaurant with us because he already had had dinner.”
What does had dinner mean?
n. 1 a meal taken in the evening. 2 a meal taken at midday, esp. when it is the main meal of the day; lunch.
Did have or did had?
Summary: 1. “Did” is the past simple tense of the verb “do” while “had” is the past participle tense of the verb “have.” Both are past tense forms of irregular verbs; “did” of the verb “do” and “had” of the verb “have.”
Is it correct to say I just had dinner?
Both “just had dinner” and “just have dinner” are grammatically correct, but in different contexts. If I just ate dinner, that’s what I’d say, not “I just had dinner.” Someone saying that could be telegraphing, “I’m not a native speaker of American English.” I “eat” dinner, I don’t “have it.”
What is the difference between ‘have a dinner’ and ‘have dinner’?
Both of them are correct. But yes, they do mean different. I feel that ‘have a dinner’ refers to event and ‘have dinner’ refers to actual supper someone(maybe speaker) going to have. For example, “We have a dinner planned at Joe’s, hurry up!” showed that speaker has ‘event of dinner’ and “Have dinner son, we are camping out in lawn.”
What is the difference between ‘adinner’ and ‘have dinner’?
1 When one says “have adinner, it would be referring to a formal feast or banquet (see definition 1b). On the other hand, if one says “have dinner” (without an indefinite article), it would mean having the main meal of the day.
What is the difference between ‘have’ and ‘just’ in sentences?
One reason to use the extra “have” is that “just” can also mean “only”, so the “have” can clarify that it means “happened recently”. 1. “I have dinner” -> present or habitual event (i.e.: “I have dinner with my neighbour every day”) 2. “I just had dinner”/”I have just had my dinner” -> Very recently.