bhaussie
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- Sep 30, 2011
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- Native Language
- English
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- Australia
- Current Location
- United States
Hello,
As a native english speaker, I'd like further clarification on this example sentence please:
"If I'd had had my credit card with me, I'd have bought the coat."
My question pertains directly to the use of "I'd had had" and whether this is grammatically correct. Furthermore, if it is indeed acceptable, would removing the apostrophe and creating "I had had had" (that's three "had"s) be allowable?
I considered the "I'd" to be "I would", however I consider that would be incorrect as to include "would" would be reconstructed as "If I would've had my credit card..." where the "would've" is abbreviated from "would have".
I'd appreciate it if possible, to please relate your answer to the sentence with grammatical terms defining the usage of how the "had"s apply in the sentence (i.e. why is one had not sufficient eg. "If I had my credit card...").
The initial example sentence was taken from a page link in this forum discussing conditional sentences, unfortunately I cannot link to it as I have less than the required posts.
Cheers
As a native english speaker, I'd like further clarification on this example sentence please:
"If I'd had had my credit card with me, I'd have bought the coat."
My question pertains directly to the use of "I'd had had" and whether this is grammatically correct. Furthermore, if it is indeed acceptable, would removing the apostrophe and creating "I had had had" (that's three "had"s) be allowable?
I considered the "I'd" to be "I would", however I consider that would be incorrect as to include "would" would be reconstructed as "If I would've had my credit card..." where the "would've" is abbreviated from "would have".
I'd appreciate it if possible, to please relate your answer to the sentence with grammatical terms defining the usage of how the "had"s apply in the sentence (i.e. why is one had not sufficient eg. "If I had my credit card...").
The initial example sentence was taken from a page link in this forum discussing conditional sentences, unfortunately I cannot link to it as I have less than the required posts.
Cheers