Sage-Tips

Can you use had twice?

New member. Sir, When in a sentence the verb ‘had’ can be used twice, (such as someone wrote, ” I had had an opportunity to meet the gentleman on my way to school”).

What we use with she has or had?

Have and has indicate possession in the present tense (describing events that are currently happening). Have is used with the pronouns I, you, we, and they, while has is used with he, she, and it.

Can you use past perfect twice in a sentence?

(1) There is no general rule which says you cannot have two past perfects in the same sentence.

Has been used twice in a sentence?

The M-29 designation has been used twice in Michigan starting in 1919. The M-121 designation has been used twice before in the state.

Can you use had had?

The past perfect form of have is had had (had + past participle form of have). The past perfect tense is used when we are talking about the past and want to refer back to an earlier past time. She felt marvelous after she had had a good night’s sleep. They dismissed him before he had had a chance to apologize.

Have had meaning in English?

“Have had” is using the verb have in the present perfect tense. Consider the present tense sentence: I have a lot of homework. This means that I have a lot of homework now. On the other hand, we use the present perfect tense to describe an event from the past that has some connection to the present.

What is a sentence using had in English?

[M] [T] He had an accident at work. [M] [T] He left after he had lunch. [M] [T] I had a good night’s sleep. [M] [T] I had the boy carry my bag.

Can there be two tenses in a sentence?

The bottom line is this: there is no restriction on what tenses we can use and mix within a sentence, as long as they are appropriate for the context. Here, we have present perfect tense, simple past tense and simple future tense all in the same sentence.

How do you use the word had in a sentence?

To understand “had had,” we need to take a look at the present perfect and past perfect tenses. Take this sentence: “I have had too many chocolates today.” That sentence is in the present perfect tense. You use that tense when you’re talking about a past action that is continuing into the present.

What is the past perfect form of had had?

James, while John had had “had”, had had “had had”; “had had” had had a better effect on the teacher. In each of the five “had had” word pairs in the above sentence, the first of the pair is in the past perfect form.

How do you use past perfect with two past-tenses?

When you have two past-tense occurrences, you use past perfect to express the action that came first. If you are using the verb “to have” in past perfect, you need to use two “had”s. Here’s another past perfect example: “I had eaten too many chocolates, so I was too full to eat dinner yesterday.”

Is it “had had” or “ had eaten”?

Although “had had” isn’t wrong, “had eaten” definitely sounds better. Bonnie Mills has been a copyeditor since 1996.