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Old 22-Jun-2008, 14:03
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Default Re: had had

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Originally Posted by thomasRavenelli View Post
1. "we would have been more prepared had we had more time"

I am wondering why we use "had had" here and why we is in the middle of it. couldn't the sentence be more accurate if it had been
2. " we would have been more prepared if we had more time " or even
3. " we would have been more prepared if we had had more time"

by the way assume 2 and 3 are corect which one is more appropriate
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#1 is correct. There is inversion in this sentence.
#2 is incorrect.
#3 is correct. It's the same as #1 but with a direct word order.
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