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Tom: I have to go to the doctor's office, but my car is in the garage. Can you give me
a ride?
Sue: Oh, I can't. I'm feeling very sick. Why don't you ask Mona. She has a car.
Tom: Really? I didn't know that Mona had a car.
Sue: Oh, yes. She has had a car for a week already. Her dad gave it to her as a
birthday gift.
Tom: Thanks for telling me. I didn't know that. I'll call her right now.
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"He has a car" = At this moment in time he possesses a car.
"He has had a car" = At some point in his life he possessed a car, we don't know whether or not he possesses one now.
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.It mean"He has had a car"="He had a car'?
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NO. The two sentences have different shades of meaning..
1. He has a car/ He has got a car: He owns a car
2. He has had a car: At some point in his life he possessed a car, we don't know whether or not he possesses one now (as bhai said)
3. He had a car: At some past time, which is probably clear from context, he possessed a car. He may or may not possess one now; only context will make that clear.
There are situations in which it may be possible to use either #2 or #3 without a significant difference in meaning. That is not to say that #2 = #3.
'He has had a car for ten years' means that his possession of a car began ten years ago and continues today. 'He had a car for ten years' tells us that this ten-year period was in the past.
Context is vital.
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