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>had had

>> No.11120116

>>11119987
Brainlet

>> No.11120128
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>>11119987
>if that that had had that hadn't had that

>> No.11120195

>Did did

>> No.11120230

>>11119987
>implying overuse of the word had isn’t comfy as shit

>> No.11120451

The English language, ladies and gentlemen.

>> No.11120458
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>>11120195
>Did did
Did do

>> No.11120461

>>11120458
NAZI

>> No.11120484

>>11119987
Nothing wrong with it; a legitimate pluperfect.

>>11120230
> overuse
Protip: there is only one verb there.

>> No.11120508
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>>11120451
>The English language, ladies and gentlemen.
Willst du "hat gehabt" ein Bißchen besser?

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>>11120484
>Protip: there is only one verb there.
True enough, but the visual redundancy (and the aural redundancy if read aloud) is still there.

>> No.11120746

>>11120512
It isn't 'redundan't; it signifies the pluperfect.

And in native speech, it almost always unstressed-stressed, so something along the lines of

> əd'ad

>> No.11120783

well, well, well

>> No.11120819

>>11119987
It makes me so sadistically amused that someone is so upset at such a small thing. I’m now going to endeavor to use “had had” in my writing more.

>> No.11120836

>Phil major
>Can get away with writing like an awkward autist as long as the ideas are clear

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>is is

>> No.11121450

>>11120458
Done did

>> No.11121575

I was writing a short story and one sentence had had had had, but I realized how bad it sounded and just changed it to had.

>> No.11121882

>>11120508
>Willst du "hat gehabt" ein Bißchen besser?
Heiliger....

>> No.11123326

>>11120451
Absolutely nothing wrong with that phrase, it conveys meaning nicely and economically unlike a declension-heavier language like german where you'd have to use a 10 syllable abo-tier sentence to say exactly the same

>> No.11123348

>>11121575
If you wrote a story that had had had had had had you should probably give up

>> No.11123437

>James, while John had had "had", had had "had had"; "had had" had had a better effect on the teacher.

>> No.11123883

>>11119987
Use this in a sentence please

>> No.11123892

>>11123883
"He had had better pussy in his youth, but this pussy was new."

>> No.11123896

>it it

>> No.11123903

>the the

>> No.11124161

>>11123326
OH NONONONO

>> No.11124188

>>11119987
nothing wrong with it u poofta

>> No.11124210

Guess I'll ask my question in this thread.

Is "we describe here" correct ? Can I use this in a formal document ?

>> No.11124217

>right right

>> No.11124361

>>11120508
>Gehirnlein probiert Deutsch zu schreiben
einfach laecherlich

>> No.11124370

>>11124210
Yes, it's fine.

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>>11124370
Thanks my friend.

>> No.11124419

>>11119987
He had had "had you really?" posed to him as a question.

>> No.11124421

>>11123437
based

>> No.11124443

had had = had
that that = that

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>what it was was that that had had a bad effect on him

>> No.11124480

>>11124448
> What is punctuation?

>> No.11124509

>>11124210
god I hope you're not a technical writer.

>> No.11124539

>>11124509
What's wrong with that ?

>> No.11124540

>>11124480
Sorry, fixed
>what it was was that that had had a bad effect on him.

>> No.11124587

>>11124540
>work in trades store
>customers come in to order stuff
>give list of stuff they need
>product a, 3 off
>product b, 5 off
>off, not of?
Why?

>> No.11124658

>>11124448
saving this one for future use, thanks

>> No.11124695

>>11124540
> That ‘had had’ had had a bad effect on him.

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off of

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>>11119987
>"Oh," he said,

>> No.11125273

>>11123892
"OP had had dreams about fucking Stacey, but this was a fleshlight. As Usual."

>> No.11125285

>>11124587
They did not want the product to be ON

>> No.11126307

>that that

>> No.11126370

>>11124448
Kino.

>> No.11126573

>do do

lmao

>I do do that that I had had done