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 • 1650 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.

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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.

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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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