Ellipsis @absenceofspeech.bsky.social

My reading pet peeve is the phrase "had had." Like, "He had had that shirt for a decade." I know it's grammatically correct. I just don't like how it looks/sounds 💙📚

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SFliberal FFS @sfliberal.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 22, 2024 at 16:14 UTC

I thought I had had it with this!

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Levi L. Winters @leviwinters.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 22, 2024 at 14:49 UTC

I don't like it either lol. I think it's good practice to leave it out of artistic writing

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