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Anonymous
02-28-2004, 04:51 AM
Hi.
I have come across this sentence structure while reading a magazine and I'am confused which tense it uses. I think its wrong.

...that I had have been really great for me.

Anonymous
02-28-2004, 01:21 PM
I have come across this sentence structure while reading a magazine and I'am confused which tense it uses. I think its wrong. (It doesn't make sense to me, either. Perhaps the complete sentence would).

...that I had have been really great for me.

Anonymous
02-29-2004, 02:18 AM
Here are the exact sentences where I got it.

At least this one, I was set up for the first show even if I didn't feature in it. I can really feel so much a part of it from the beginning, like the little parts that I had have been really great for me.

Pete
02-29-2004, 04:22 PM
> ... I can really feel so much a part of it from the beginning, like the little parts that I had have been really great for me.

-- Actually, once you gave the complete sentence, it makes sense and is correct (Though some people would disapprove of "like" being used as a conjunction).

-- Here the word "had" is a regular verb, not an auxiliary; it is part of a relative clause, "that I had", which modifies the subject, "the little parts". So everything through the word "had" is the complete subject, and the predicate starts with the verb "have been", which is present perfect, plural form to agree with "parts".