English Grammar - I Had Had A Bad Day?

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  Have you ever heard or read a sentence in English such as, I had had a bad day?

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  You might think that this is a mistake, but it's not.

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  Once in a while, there's a double HAD in English sentences.

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  I had had a bad day.

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  In this episode, I'm going to explain why this sentence is correct,

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  and I'll show you how to use the past perfect verb tense in English.

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  And as always,

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  remember that the transcript for this episode is in the description below the episode,

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  and you can also find the link to my listening and pronunciation training in the description as well.

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  So why is the word had used twice in a row in the sentence?

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  I had had a bad day.

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  Well, that's because the first had is the auxiliary verb or helping verb.

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  And the second had is the main verb.

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  The first had is used because the speaker is talking in the past perfect tense.

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  To form the past perfect, we use had plus a past participle.

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  like done, taken, eaten, etc.

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  So in the sentence, I had had a bad day,

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  we have the auxiliary verb had because it's the past perfect.

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  And then we have another had, which is the past participle of the verb to have.

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  It might seem weird to have the word had twice like this,

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