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Can you use had twice in a row?
The word had can easily appear twice consecutively in a sentence, for example “The opinion he had had didn’t matter“. The sentence can be understood more clearly by adding punctuation and emphasis: James, while John had had “had”, had had “had had”; “had had” had had a better effect on the teacher.
How do you use successively?
2. Diana won five championships in women’s high jump successively in the five years. 3. Fish and other organisms have been successively destroyed over large areas of the creek, and surviving fish have become chronically diseased.
Can you use two past participles in sentences?
No, we can’t use two past tenses in a single sentence.
Can a sentence have two past tenses?
‘we should not use 2 past tense words in a sentence’. It is perfectly allowable (in fact it is required) to use a past simple verb form and a past participle verb form in past perfect and/or past passive tenses.
Why had is used twice?
So, the first “had” is the simple past of “to have”, while the second “had” is the past participle of “to have”.
What means successively?
1 : following in order : following each other without interruption their fourth successive victory. 2 : characterized by or produced in succession.
What is another word for successively?
What is another word for successively?
| consecutively | sequentially |
|---|---|
| back-to-back | on end |
| hand running | in succession |
| straight | in a row |
| in sequence | continuously |
Is double past tense?
The past tense of double is doubled. The third-person singular simple present indicative form of double is doubles.
Can you use ‘and’ twice in a sentence?
‘and’ is not used twice, but there are some words e.g. ‘hot’ It is getting hot and hot (to convey temperature is rising up). There are several words which can be used twice but ‘and’. Not the answer you’re looking for? Browse other questions tagged grammar syntactic-analysis or ask your own question.
Do two ands in a sentence occur in succession?
Ordinarily, no, two ands do not occur in succession: and is used to join two other words or phrases, and to repeat and is fundamentally meaningless. HOWEVER: There are situations in which you may encounter this:
Can you have two and s in a sentence?
Ordinarily, no, two and s do not occur in succession: and is used to join two other words or phrases, and to repeat and is fundamentally meaningless. HOWEVER: There are situations in which you may encounter this: A speaker may repeat and two or more times to cover a gap while she gropes for a word or phrase.
Is it possible to use ‘and’ twice in a quote?
Searching the British National Corpus only produces quotes from speech, which is echolalia, as opposed to correct standard English. ‘and’ is not used twice, but there are some words e.g. ‘hot’ It is getting hot and hot (to convey temperature is rising up). There are several words which can be used twice but ‘and’.