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Hans51 Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
Although she had me do the dishes last night, I didn't.
1.'Jane had the waiter bring her some tea.' This suggests that the act of bringing was completed, and that Jane received her tea.
2.'Jane had the waiter bringing her some tea.' This refers to a time when the act was not completed.
This is one of the great teachers here' reply long time ago and I was wondering if when the act of something is not completed, we also can use have someone bare verbs?
eg Although she had me do the dishes last night, I didn't.
Or "have someone do something" is always used when the act is finished? What do you native English speakers think?
Thank you so much in advance.
2.'Jane had the waiter bringing her some tea.' This refers to a time when the act was not completed.
This is one of the great teachers here' reply long time ago and I was wondering if when the act of something is not completed, we also can use have someone bare verbs?
eg Although she had me do the dishes last night, I didn't.
Or "have someone do something" is always used when the act is finished? What do you native English speakers think?
Thank you so much in advance.
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' This refers to a time when the act was not completed. I'm not sure about "Jane had the waiter bringing her some tea". I would use that pattern for repeated or continuing past activity, such as "Jane had the waiters running around all over the place" or "I had a whole team building my kitchen".
- ' This refers to a time when the act was not completed.
- I'm not sure about "Jane had the waiter bringing her some tea".
- I would use that pattern for repeated or continuing past activity, such as "Jane had the waiters running around all over the place" or "I had a whole team building my kitchen".
- Hans51 eg Although she had me do the dishes last night, I didn't.
- This is contradictory.
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Hans511.'Jane had the waiter bring her some tea.' This suggests that the act of bringing was completed, and that Jane received her tea.2.'Jane had the waiter bringing her some tea.' This refers to a time when the act was not completed.I'm not sure about "Jane had the waiter bringing her some tea". I would use that pattern for repeated or continuing past
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Thank you so much and I have another question.
"We have our Kim Hyun-bin standing by at the Ministry of National Defense in Seoul."
I saw the sentence and I was wondering if the structure is the same as "Jane had the waiters running around all over the place" or "standing by at..." modifies "our Kim Hyun-bin" and "who is" omitted between them like "have our Kim
"We have our Kim Hyun-bin standing by at the Ministry of National Defense in Seoul."
I saw the sentence and I was wondering if the structure is the same as "Jane had the waiters running around all over the place" or "standing by at..." modifies "our Kim Hyun-bin" and "who is" omitted between them like "have our Kim
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"Jane had the waiters running around all over the place" would normally be understood to mean that Jane directed or instructed the waiters, or was in some way instrumental in causing their behaviour. "Jane had (the) waiters who were running around all over the place" (sentence seems more likely without "the") is different and does not imply that Jane was directing their behaviour.
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