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- meaning - Use of having in English - English Language Learners Stack . . .
Having shows possession having something whereas 'Having something done' means what I describe from the dictionary Further read about have here These all mean possession owning having something a) I'm having food - You are consuming food b) I am having a baby - You have pregnancy c) I am having fun - You are enjoying as desired experience
- present continuous - Correct use of is having - English Language . . .
We can say; I am having spaghetti or I have spaghetti As you probably already noticed these two sentences have different meanings "I am having spaghetti" means 'I am eating spaghetti' whereas "I have spaghetti" shows possession When verbs are used as both stative and dynamic, many times they have different meanings 'Have' is a little
- Have to having to? - English Language Learners Stack Exchange
@Kumarsadhu: It works if you use the phrase "having to do something" like you would use a noun: The ludicrous idea of having to be paid or Having to sell my soul was a kind of a bummer I've encountered stuff like "She's having a hard time" (meaning life difficulties, the ownership meaning of have) But "is having to" like a verb - maybe, maybe
- verbs - Difference between having and having had - English Language . . .
Having completed the task, I was free to go Having completed the task, he was free to go Having completed the task, they were free to go Prosecuting attorney: Colonel Mustard, having completed the task, did you leave the premises immediately? Or did you stick around and murder Professor Plum in the living room with the candelabra? HAVING HAD
- grammaticality in context - Confusing between having or to have . . .
The nuance of to have and having is interesting In addition to the matter of present and continuous, this also speaks about the possession and the action Being happy is to have dreams in life - to have here talks a bit more about the possession Being happy is having dreams in life - having here talks a bit more about the action
- To have vs Having - English Language Learners Stack Exchange
To have X'd is used to refer to the concept of having done the verb So, for example, to have loved refers to the concept of having loved in the past This, effectively, turns the clause into your subject (I'm sure a learned grammatician will have a better explanation of the concept, but this shortcut will do for now)
- sentence meaning - Difference between had and was having - English . . .
"Was having" is called the past continuous Anything the speaker says next is likely to be about things that happened at the same time as the problem Secondly: Both of your example sentences should say "the same problem as", not "same problem like" "The same [X] as" is the standard English structure here
- Use of Having - English Language Learners Stack Exchange
Having played cricket for two years is a participial clause just like waiting for the bus, or playing on the computer Your second sentence is problematic, because instead of using the participal clause as an adjunct to the subject (or the sentence) you are trying to somehow incorporate it into the main predication
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