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Mudclay Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
Catenative "have"
Hello teachers,
I have seen a post here at EF about catenative verbs. It says "catenative verb takes the base form (infinitive without to) of the following verb. let, make, have, and help are used this way. It doesn't matter which word (or words) goes between". eg. Have him finish the report.
While travelling to work this morning, I saw a billboard of an eye clinic. It says;
"Have your eyes checked."
I'm confused. Thanks in advance. Pls. help me for my reference
I have seen a post here at EF about catenative verbs. It says "catenative verb takes the base form (infinitive without to) of the following verb. let, make, have, and help are used this way. It doesn't matter which word (or words) goes between". eg. Have him finish the report.
While travelling to work this morning, I saw a billboard of an eye clinic. It says;
"Have your eyes checked."
I'm confused. Thanks in advance. Pls. help me for my reference
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If you think of "have him finish the report" as really being "have him to finish the report (the infinitive), then you can think of "have your eyes checked" as really being "have your eyes to be checked." (The passive infinitive uses the past participle.)
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