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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://www.englishforums.com/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>ESL General English Grammar Questions</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/GeneralEnglishGrammarQuestions/Forum12.htm</link><description>Ask your questions on grammar and get your sentence checked. We answer lots of different types of general English grammar questions here.</description><dc:language>en</dc:language><generator>CSMOD (Build: 3273.32735)</generator><item><title>Re: had</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/Had/ghvln/post.htm#536873</link><pubDate>Sat, 05 Jul 2008 03:38:33 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:536873</guid><dc:creator>Philip</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.englishforums.com/English/Had/ghvln/post.htm#536873</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-536873.xml</wfw:commentRss><description>It just means to experience.&amp;nbsp; Did you have a happy birthday?&amp;nbsp; I hope you have a nice weekend.&amp;nbsp; I had a bad day yesterday.&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>had</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/Had/ghvll/post.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 05 Jul 2008 03:25:31 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:536871</guid><dc:creator>hanuman_2000</dc:creator><slash:comments>1</slash:comments><comments>http://www.englishforums.com/English/Had/ghvll/post.htm</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-536871.xml</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;Hello,&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;1.&amp;nbsp; Mr. X was late because he &lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;had&lt;/u&gt; had&lt;/strong&gt; a late night, watching TV.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;The first&amp;nbsp; underlined &amp;quot;had&amp;quot; is a helping verb.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;What is the meaning of the second &amp;quot;had&amp;quot; here?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Thanks.&lt;/p&gt;
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