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    If-had / help

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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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