Can I use HAD HAD, HAVE HAD, and HAS HAD??

The answer is YES. It is grammatically correct to do so.

Has, have and Had generally pose confusions for non-native English speakers. They are auxiliary(helping) verbs used to form sentences in the Perfect Tense, as well as stand-alone verbs to form the Simple Present tense. 


To understand about whether using them doubly, like had had, have had and has had, is correct, we will have to take a look at the present perfect and past perfect tenses.


The perfect tense always uses has / have (present) / had (past) + past participle. Click here for more information on past participles.


Here's are a couple of examples of Perfect Tense:

Eg.: Mila has done her homework. (Present Perfect)
Eg.: Mike and Molly have eaten their dinner. (Present Perfect)
Eg.: Philip had gone to the market yesterday. (Past Perfect)

We use has/have and had in Simple Tense, minus the past participle:

Eg.: I have a pet dog. (Simple Present)
Eg.: She has chicken pox, so don't go near her. (Simple Present)
Eg.: I had a pretty blue frock when I was small. (Simple Past)

When we use them to form Perfect tense sentences, for example Present Perfect tense, we can use 1 have/has + 1 had in place of the past participle, as per the rule. 

The past participle form of have and has is had.


I
have
had
a
lot
of
homework
this
week.

Present Perfect
PP of have








He
has
had
a
lot
to
drink
tonight.


Present Perfect
PP of has







In the same way we can use had had to form Past Perfect:

I
had
had
a
severe
cold
last
month.


Past Perfect
PP of have








So there you go! As long as you have a Past Participle after have/has/had, you are talking in Perfect tense. If using these three verbs alone with an object, you are in the Simple Tense.
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