Anonymous  +  242013 Sun, 02 Jul 06 06:04 AM He had had ..... When I reading novels, I often find such sentence. what's the difference between ..'He had' and 'he had had' ..'he had been' Anonymous Difference Between

	Mister Micawber  +  242021 Sun, 02 Jul 06 07:10 AM He had is simple past-- a single past event:  He had a headache yesterday. He had had and he had been are past perfect verb forms, relating to another past event:  He had had a headache and had been in a grouchy mood ever since the World Cup games started, preempting the MLB games. Mister Micawber Joined on Wed, Aug 4 2004 Yokohama Veteran Member 30,807 'The question is,' said Humpty Dumpty, 'which is to be master-- that's all.' Verbs, Past Perfect, Simple Past