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In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which will improve the bracketed part of the sentence. In case no improvement is  needed, select "no improvement". He had had a short illness, there (had been) a brief time of acute suffering, then all was over.

In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which will improve the bracketed part of the sentence. In case no improvement is  needed, select "no improvement". He had had a short illness, there (had been) a brief time of acute suffering, then all was over. Correct Answer no improvement

 The correct answer is : (4) No Improvement

Key Points

  • Let us consider a sentence: I have had a meeting with the president.
  • This sentence is in the present perfect tense as it talks about a past action that is continuing into the present.
  • Here, In this sentence, there are two verbs have and had.
  • The first have is auxiliary also known as the helping verb and the second had is the main action verb.
  • A sentence may or may not have an auxiliary verb but it’ll "always" have a main or verb.
  • Now, when we use the same sentence in past tense it changes to:  I had had a meeting with the president. 
  • The main verb here is had that’s why we are ending up with "double had'.
  • Some more examples will help us to understand this by changing the tenses from present to past:
    • I have had a busy week -  I had had a busy week
    • She have had some troubles - She had had some troubles
  • Now, the first part of the sentence is in the past perfect (had + verb).
  • Here, the verb is also had. (That’s why double had).
  • The rest of the sentence should also be in the past perfect tense (been is the verb).

Thus, no improvement is required. Option 4 is the correct answer. 

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