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can u plz explain me that whr do we use "have had" together? with example.

2006-11-06 05:49:28 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture Languages

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its very important you understand the difference between "has had" and "have had". its confusing, but if you dont learn the difference, you'll probably struggle on other little things, and end up never really being fluent.

"have had" is a past-tense possession term.
"has had" is a present-tense possession term.

"he has had to go up and down these stairs 9 times today!"

"at the end of the day he will have had 9 chances to drop this package off"

"how many ice cream cones have you had today?"
"i will have had 3 ice cream cones today."

(often times one will be eating the 3rd ice cream cone while they say it this way. otherwise, if you had already had 3 ice cream cones that day, and werent already eating another one, you'd say "i had 3 ice cream cones" but you can say it either way. )

"i have had many chances in my life to do whatever i want"

"look at all the toys you have had!"

2006-11-06 06:05:39 · answer #1 · answered by ASLotaku 5 · 0 0

Mostly, I would you would use something like "have gone, have had" with

An experience like "I have been to France" or "I have had that before".
Change over time "You have grown since I last saw you"

You can also say the sentences as "I went to France" or "I ate that before" as well as saying that.

But you cannot say that someone has changed over time like "You have grown since I last saw you" without using this tense. Also using (have been) and (have had) is more of an experience kind of tense. Like you experienced going to France or you have experienced eating something before.

I really hoped this helped you out.

2006-11-06 06:15:05 · answer #2 · answered by Cecylia 1 · 0 0

You could say "I have had breakfast", where the important thing is that breakfast is in the past and is finished and that you have achieved it, but it is not important exactly WHEN it was. It could be 1 minute ago. It could be a few hours ago.

This is different to "I had breakfast this morning", where the important thing is that it happened at a particular time, "this morning".

2006-11-06 05:58:23 · answer #3 · answered by ricochet 5 · 1 0

Past (had) versus plural past (have had), or past over an extended period of time.

I had a headache earlier. I had a girlfriend in college

I've had many girfriends in college. (I've is a contraction for I have)

I've had this headache for the last three days. I've had a girlfriend since college.

2006-11-06 06:02:38 · answer #4 · answered by smm 6 · 0 0

it means when you have something, but now you dont or your done.
or if you've had something for a while.

1. I have had a bath.
2. i have had a headache all day
3. I have had six dogs but they all ran away

i hope this helps a little

2006-11-06 06:03:13 · answer #5 · answered by Leah K 2 · 0 0

I have had fish for supper tonight.

I have done my homework.

Done is do - did - done
Have is have - had- had

2006-11-06 06:00:20 · answer #6 · answered by better late than never 2 · 0 0

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