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Kids,
Please help me with this: "having had a spiritual awakening as a result of these steps, we carried this message....etc."

What verb tense is "having had"? I have looking everywhere, and someone said that DAVE's ESL would have the answer!
thanks in advance,
RomanGirl

Hi all, Can you help me with this: "having had". I saw in the 12th step of Alcoholics Anonymous the following, "Having had a spiritual awakening as a result of these steps, we carried this message.....etc." What tense is "having had"??? I've been online for hours now and in the bookshop, and cannot ...

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