Usage of Has Had, Have Had, Had Had and Had Been

[naresh.baluja]

Hello

I have been struggling with the concepts regarding usage of Has Had Had had and Had been. While I have tried a lot to GOOGLE it, I have not been successful in getting absolute clarity.

Can anyone please help!

Regards

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Hi naresh.baluja,

When studying for GMAT SCs, it's important to differentiate between English Grammar and GMAT Grammar. The GMAT tests a subset of English Grammar (a set of major rules and a variety of Idioms, and Usage/Style rules).

Based on your question, it sounds like you're looking for information about Verb rules. Verbs show up often in GMAT SCs, so that's an important set of rules to know. You'd probably be best served by working on GMAT questions and learning the rules (and patterns0 that the GMAT uses regarding these rules.

What resources are you currently using to study for the GMAT?

GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich

[naresh.baluja]

Thanks for a prompt revert Rich.

Well I am in advanced stages of GMAT preparation. The resources that I have been referring for SC are:

- Manhattan SC (too complicated for me to digest)
- Aristotle 3rd edition (a really useful book)

I have been hitting an accuracy rate of over 80% in SC. But problems involving has had, have had, had had and had been, I often get confused and unable to apply any of the basics.

Cheers

[EducationAisle]

In had had and has had, the first word (has/had)is an indicator that this is a perfect tense, while the second word (had) is the past participle of the verb have.

The reason this becomes slightly tricky is that had is both: simple past and past participle of the verbs has and have.

Let's see the following sentence:

I had a pen.

This sentence is not in past perfect; it is in simple past.

p.s. Our book discusses this concept in significant detail, as part of tenses. If you could PM me your mail id, I can send you the relevant section.