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I had a car vs I had had car

The correct phrase is "I had a car." The second phrase, "I had had car," is incorrect. The correct form uses the past simple tense "had" followed by the noun "car."

Last updated: March 29, 2024 • 1638 views

I had a car

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used to indicate that at some point in the past, the speaker owned a car.

Examples:

  • I had a car when I was in college.
  • She told me she had a car last year.
  • Did you know he had a car before he moved to the city?
  • Back then, I had a car that always broke down.
  • They had a car until they moved to a big city.
  • I would go to the library if I had a car to get there.
  • If I had a car this nice, I'd keep that stuff in the trunk.
  • I had a car on my foot.
  • Now what really happened was... I had a car now, so I left to go running down the names on my list... looking for people who took those photos at the Grand Canyon.
  • you know, if I had a car, I could take her to the insane asylum.
  • Wouldn't need one if I had a car.
  • If I had a car, I'd be out looking for him!
  • I stopped modeling because I had a car crash.
  • I told her I had a car.
  • I had a car, but I sold it to help the poor.
  • Amanda Kitts: Sure. In 2006, I had a car accident.
  • I totally forgot I had a car!
  • You see, I had a car accident and I woke up here.
  • You know, when I was 20 years old, I had a car accident and I was blind for two months.
  • Who told you I had a car?
  • They told you I had a car?
  • I had a car accident the same time Sy had his?
  • What the hell difference does it make if I had a car towed from the crime scene?
  • And did I tell you I had a car accident the same time Sy had his?
  • I had a car wreck last night.

I had had car

This phrase is incorrect in English.

  • I had car keys, but they weren't mine.
  • I had car trouble, I'm so sorry.
  • Her husband said she had car trouble.
  • I'm sorry I'm late. I had car trouble again.
  • I thought you had cars posted outside.
  • They had cars that moved faster than the wind.
  • By then, the guys had cars.
  • They had car seats 20 years ago.
  • When we had cars - when cars became the dominant mode of transportation, we didn't round up all the horses and shoot them.
  • I had much better things to do with my cars.
  • I had to take away her car keys for a month.
  • I had her out of the car, while you just watched.
  • I think I'm going to go out there and take a look myself, in case he had car trouble or something.
  • We are, my dear colleague, at the service of all citizens, also those who've had cars stolen.
  • If we had car payments, we'd be in trouble.
  • Both your houses have had cars blown up, but there were two different bombs.
  • And none of us had cars, so, we were kind of stuck there.
  • (Adult Adam) Back in the '80s, you had cars that could travel through time, cars that caught ghosts, and cars that could talk to David Hasselhoff.
  • When you said you had car trouble, you weren't joking.
  • I told him I thought you had car pool Thursdays, but I wasn't absolutely certain, so I said I would check.

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