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If-had / help
Message from shaaraf posted on 25-03-2013 at 18:31:55 (D | E | F)
Hello,

Could you help me please...?

Third Conditional:
"If I had had time, I would have visited him."
How to use "had" two times?
Waiting for replies...thank you.

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Edited by lucile83 on 25-03-2013 19:05

Re: If-had / help from gerondif, posted on 25-03-2013 at 18:55:22 (D | E)
Hello,
"If I had had time, I would have visited him." is correct

Why use "had" twice ? The first had is the auxiliary verb, the second had is the past participle of the lexical verb have.

If I had got more time, I would have visited him.
If I had obtained more time, I would have visited him

Re: If-had / help from djohrahocine, posted on 25-03-2013 at 19:03:38 (D | E)
Hello,
Remember that:
Third conditional: if +past perfect=====>would have+past partciple
Past perfect=had+past participle
If I had had(past participle of have) time,I would have visited him.
We can also write if I'd had time, I would have visited him.
I hope,it's clear!

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Edited by djohrahocine on 25-03-2013 19:09

Re: If-had / help from willy, posted on 25-03-2013 at 20:51:07 (D | E)
Hello!

- If I had the time, I would visit him. (You may visit him)

- If I had had the time, I would have visited him. (You didn't visit him)

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