Let’s see how “has had” is used in an example sentence below: David has had a nice car. Depending on the specific context, this sentence can refer to a past experience. In other words, David has had a nice car (in the past).

Here are some more examples of when to use “had” in a sentence:

1. “Chloe had walked the dog before he fell asleep.”
2. “By the time you came to pick me up, I had already walked to the party.”
3. “Patrice had already made the reservation when Marla suggested the other restaurant.”

As nouns the difference between begin and being is that begin is (nonstandard) beginning; start while being is a living creature.

The main difference is that start is both a noun and a verb. Begin is only a verb, with beginning as its noun version. “Begin” might also be for something that has already started.

We can use the verbs begin and start to mean the same thing but begin is more formal than start. Begin is an irregular verb. Its past simple form is began and its -ed form is begun: When did you begin learning English?

“Starts …” is more often used to say that something is planned or scheduled, whereas “will start …” is a more confident prediction that it will actually happen at that time.

1. [S] [T] All of a sudden, my mother began to sing. (
2. [S] [T] Tom and Mary began yelling at each other. (
3. [S] [T] As soon as we got there, it began to rain. (
4. [S] [T] He begins to sketch no matter where he is. (
5. [S] [T] Tom began to suspect Mary would leave him. (
6. [S] [T] Tom’s heart suddenly began to beat faster. (

Examples of begin in a Sentence Verb They will begin construction on the new school soon. I got the job and I begin work on Monday! She’ll begin the lecture at 10. He plans to begin the project later this week.