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[1235]

He has had a car and he has a car are same sentences are different please explain

 

[TheParser]

He has had a car and he has a car are same sentences are different please explain

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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.

 

[5jj]

Perhaps you are thinking of 'hes has got' and 'he has',1235.

 

[1235]

NO no my real question is same above and actually i want to know that what difference between in both sentences if he has a car or he has had a car

 

[bhaisahab]

NO no my real question is same above and actually i want to know that what difference between in both sentences if he has a car or he has had a car

"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.

 

[1235]

"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.

.It mean"He has had a car"="He had a car'?

 

[5jj]

.It mean"He has had a car"="He had a car'?

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.