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Re: where is subject of "had"

American cities have not always had skyscrapers, but it is now almost a century and a half since the first skyscrapers began to distinguish their skylines.

The subject of the verb phrase "have not always had skyscrapers" is "American cities".


PaulM

Re: where is subject of "had"

American cities have had skyscrapers for a century and a half.

It sometimes seems like American cities have always had skyscrapers.

American cities have not always had skyscrapers, ....