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Moon7296 Posted 15 years ago
Grammar
A causative verb
1. Have you ever had anything stolen from you?
2. Have you ever been anything stolen from you?
- Is number 2 acceptable?
- If so meaning of 1 and 2 is almost the same?
- What's the difference?
3. Have you ever had a burglar break into your house?
The context of the sentence makes me think the verb "had" is not a causative verb? (eg. I had my son wash my car.)
- If "had" is a causative verb, I'd be very confused.
2. Have you ever been anything stolen from you?
- Is number 2 acceptable?
- If so meaning of 1 and 2 is almost the same?
- What's the difference?
3. Have you ever had a burglar break into your house?
The context of the sentence makes me think the verb "had" is not a causative verb? (eg. I had my son wash my car.)
- If "had" is a causative verb, I'd be very confused.
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Hi, # 1 is causative. # 2 is not, and its construction is wrong. Have you ever had you house broken into ?
- Hi, # 1 is causative.
- # 2 is not, and its construction is wrong.
- Have you ever had you house broken into ?
- is the correct causative construction.
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Hi,
# 1 is causative. # 2 is not, and its construction is wrong. Have you ever had you house broken into ? is the correct causative construction.
# 1 is causative. # 2 is not, and its construction is wrong. Have you ever had you house broken into ? is the correct causative construction.
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moon7296- Is number 2 acceptable?No! Sorry.
moon7296Have you ever had a burglar break into your house?Right. This is not causative have. And your first sentence isn't either.
The context of the sentence makes me think the verb "had" is not a causative verb
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