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- modal verbs - Why had you to or why did you have to - English . . .
After all, it is OK to say “Why had you left early?” Reversing the position of the subject and the verb to form a question is a classic form You won’t see it very much in modern speech — “Went you to the shop?” is perfectly correct, but would come across as archaic to the point of seeming pretentious
- Did have versus had - English Language Learners Stack Exchange
"Why had you to" or "why did you have to" 2 did or had for this context 0 Should I use 'did' in "not
- explanation for had had had had being grammatically correct
The two instances of “had had” play different grammatical roles in the sentences—the first is a modifier while the second is the main verb of the sentence I don't understand the grammatical explanation given for this sentence How does had had had had make sense and is grammatical? I understand that had had is correct, but not had had
- Why is had followed by a past participle while had to followed by . . .
[2] She had to pay the bill "Have" is always an auxiliary when it marks the perfect tense, where it normally occurs with a following past participle, as in [1] But when it occurs in clauses describing states, expressing such meaning as possession ( She has enough money ) or obligation, as in your example [2], usage is divided
- why use had had instead of just using had in this context?
What makes it even more confusing is when the verb is had, the auxiliary verb is also had in the past perfect tense Perhaps another example would help: I had enough of his shenanigans (past) I had had enough of his shenanigans (past perfect) In the past perfect, it's implied that something else occurred before I had enough of his shenanigans
- Use of Double Had - English Language Learners Stack Exchange
I had had him paint a portrait of Buddha for me, but I soon lost it Usually when the double-"had" is spoken, one of the hads is emphasized to distinguish whether the possessive causative is important, or the time frame is important This can vary with context: Before I left the country, I had had him paint the picture
- idioms - Why is it had in I had better get going? - English . . .
Cambridge says this, but it refrains from explaining the origin of had in this phrase We use had better to refer to the present or the future, to talk about actions we think people should do or which are desirable in a specific situation The verb form is always had, not have We normally shorten it to ’d better in informal situations
- auxiliary verbs - Explanation of using had had - English Language . . .
I wish I had had… is a way to talk about past wishes that weren't fulfilled You can read more about this here: To talk about past wishes, we can use the structure I wish I had had… Note that the second had in this structure is the past participle form of have Past participle forms of other verbs are also possible in this case
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