Can I use has, have, and had together in a sentence like,
Karan says he has have had three "epic fail" relationships in life.
I've seen this sentence in The Indian Express and India Today.
A guy has been arguing with me insisting that you can use like that and it's grammatical.
I said it's ungrammatical but he showed the websites above and a few more(of same article).
I still can't understand whether it's grammatical or not. I've never seen such a usage.
Am I right in saying it's ungrammatical? Please someone correct me if I'm wrong.
Best Answer
The above sentence doesn't appear to be grammatical. I suspect the author wanted to say the following instead:
A "has have had" cluster may occur in a sentence such as this one:
Note that the part in bold is an accidental sequence which crosses constituent boundaries, as per StoneyB's comment; i.e., it comprises two units, rather than one, which I denoted by using square brackets.
Read the following answer/post if you don't know how to construct a perfect tense: What is the perfect, and how should I use it? § How do I construct a Perfect?