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Hello,


1. If I had had time to visit yesterday, I would have come to your house.

a. Some native speakers think that "had had" sounds "funny."

i. So they use a contraction because it does not sound so "funny" to them (I'd had)

ii. Some native speakers even use only one "had" -- even though it is "bad" English: If I had time, I would have visited you.

iii. And some Americans use "very bad" English: If I would have had time, I would have visited you.


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Had not visited used right here, I would have thought that come in the other sentence is infinitive not participle. Great as always! Bless you, James.

 

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a. Some native speakers think that "had had" sounds "funny."
i. So they use a contraction because it does not sound so "funny" to them (I'd had)
Contracting I had to I'd is common with the past perfect of all verbs in conversation.
 

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a. Some native speakers think that "had had" sounds "funny."

i. So they use a contraction because it does not sound so "funny" to them (I'd had)

Frankly, this is rubbish.
 
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