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Question about English (US)
Between can it has a color? and can it have a color which is correct and why?
Between can it has a color? and can it have a color which is correct and why?
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"can it have a color?" is correct. This is because the word "has" is a present perfect tense meaning that it is referring to the past and current situation. Meanwhile, "have" could mean to possess something, thus leads to the grammatically correct sentence:
"Can it have color?"
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but I still have a doubt what if I could say can he have my book? is it correct to?
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- Korean Near fluent
Yes, it is. The answer to that question will then be "Yes, he can have your book"
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It is used when an action happened in the past before another action
Example: She felt marvelous after she had had a good night's sleep.
The first "had" was intended for the "felt marvelous" and the second "had" was for the "good night's sleep"
To simplify, "had had" is used when one thing is done after doing something else.
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That is incorrect. It should at least have 2 verbs/actions.
She had drank the lemonade. ✓
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oh! you mean she had had drank lemonade after playing volleyball.
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hello 👋 again you said that the correct one is can it have a color but in English has is used in he, she and it. What is the difference?
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- Korean Near fluent
He - a pronoun for male.
She - a pronoun for female.
It - a pronoun for animals or things.
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I meant in English we say he has eaten my food. But now why do we say can it have a color?
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Oh, I thought you were referring to an object. It depends on you, and what you want to say.
If you were talking about a person, you should say "can she/he have a color?"
If you were talking about an object or animal, you should say "can it have a color?"
There are no changes in the construction of sentence except the pronoun.
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what about it has/have a good taste which is to be used have/has?
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yes! now why do we say can it have if we say it has a good taste.
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- Korean Near fluent
Because has pertains to the past and present situation.
You can't say "can it has a good taste?" because you are asking for its future situation and its possession.
Have also pertains to past and present situation but it also means possession so it is the best word to use in this sentence.
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