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I had my lunch already vs I have my lunch already

"I have had my lunch already" is the proper English phrase. It indicates that the action of having lunch occurred in the past and is completed. The use of "have had" is the correct verb tense to convey this meaning.

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Last updated: August 18, 2024

I had my lunch already

This phrase is not correct in standard English.

The correct phrase should be "I have had my lunch already" to indicate that the action of having lunch occurred in the past and is completed.

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No, Nora packed my lunch already.
- You guys have lunch already?
Sanchez, are you back from lunch already?
No, he has gone out for lunch already.
Does that mean Max can pick up lunch already?
And I had my lunch in there, Earl.
I ate already my lunch, and I am starving.
Classes were fine and I had my lunch with your mom.
You can't still be in bed, surely? I've already had my lunch
This lunch is already a runaway train, no point in stopping it.
This lunch is already a runaway train, no point in stopping it.
I've seen Charles Saatchi having lunch five times already.
I just asked you if you had my lunch.
Tom had already eaten lunch when Mary arrived.
No. We're already eating lunch.
I told you, I already ate lunch.
But we already had lunch planned and she insisted on wearing her uniform and I begged her not to.
They locked me out and I had to eat my lunch in the truck.
Okay, maybe I had a beer before my last delivery, but that was on my lunch break.
I've already got my lunch.

Alternatives:

I have had my lunch already
I already had my lunch
I had already eaten my lunch
I have already eaten lunch
I have already had lunch

I have my lunch already

This phrase is not correct in standard English.

The correct phrase should be "I have had my lunch already" to indicate that the action of having lunch occurred in the past and is completed.

Show examples from the web [+]

No, Nora packed my lunch already.
- You guys have lunch already?
Sanchez, are you back from lunch already?
No, he has gone out for lunch already.
Does that mean Max can pick up lunch already?
You have lives to save. I have my lunch launch tomorrow.
I ate already my lunch, and I am starving.
I hope you don't mind If I have my lunch while we go over our schedules.
This lunch is already a runaway train, no point in stopping it.
This lunch is already a runaway train, no point in stopping it.
I've seen Charles Saatchi having lunch five times already.
Tom had already eaten lunch when Mary arrived.
No. We're already eating lunch.
The other teachers won't sit with me, so I decided to have my lunch at home.
That is so good, and I still have my lunch money.
Rebels me so, the poor assumption of yours that four years after you up and disappear, I still can have my lunch in a tingle Leman Street.
I told you, I already ate lunch.
But we already had lunch planned and she insisted on wearing her uniform and I begged her not to.
I have a few minutes until my lunch.
Sorry. I have to stop working through my lunch.

Alternatives:

I have had my lunch already
I already had my lunch
I had already eaten my lunch
I have already eaten lunch
I have already had lunch

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