Re: Have Had, Had Have
| From: | Nik Taylor <yonjuuni@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, July 12, 2004, 21:06 |
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Emily Zilch wrote:
> Basically, I don't know if it satisfies the requirements of two modal
> haves. Can someone give me some grammatical suspenders for my pants,
> please?
In the example given by David, he wrote "I would've had to've had
eaten", using the phrase "[ha]ve had eaten".
To me, that just sounds bizarre, and I don't *think* I've ever heard it
before, though I may have heard it and just thought it was an error.