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I know that I should say"

He/She/It has something,

and

I/We/You/They have something.

I get confused with sentences such as:

  1. he was having a good time

  2. he is having a good time

In these two sentences, why do we use a variation of have instead of a variation of has?

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  • Why are you asking about why we put have instead of has, when your two examples don't include either of those two forms?
    – FumbleFingers
    Commented Jul 5, 2018 at 18:10
  • These are progressive aspect constructions, which require the present participle form of the verb, i.e. "having". There is no present participle "*hasing".
    – BillJ
    Commented Jul 5, 2018 at 18:45

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We don't. You have correctly put having, which is not have or has.

It's the is and was which go with he/she/it, (as opposed to are and were).

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  • is it correct to say they were having a hard time ? @colinfine
    – Hussam Hamdeh
    Commented Jul 5, 2018 at 22:32
  • Yes, @HussamHamdeh, that's perfectly grammatical.
    – Colin Fine
    Commented Jul 6, 2018 at 9:42

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