Causative structure
Hello. I am wondering if it is acceptable to use the causative structure (have/get smth done) to talk about things happend without one's will? For example:
- Rob got his car stolen yesterday
- I had my nose broken while playing football. (The guy from youtube who makes videos on grammar and learning English claimed it was okay and used sometimes, but I myself have never heard it used)
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I don't know about the sentences you asked about although the first one sounds not right or clear in my opinion. Because when I read it for the first time without looking to your question, I though that you might make a mistake in the order of the sentence, and basically you wanted to say: -Rob got his stolen car yesterday. After reading your question, I realized that wasn't what you wanted.
- I don't know about the sentences you asked about although the first one sounds not right or clear in my opinion.
- Because when I read it for the first time without looking to your question, I though that you might make a mistake in the order of the sentence, and basically you wanted to say: -Rob got his stolen car yesterday.
- After reading your question, I realized that wasn't what you wanted.
- Frankly, even the second sentence doesn't sound good to me, it makes me feel as if you wanted to break your nose.
- As if this was a task that you wanted to do.
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I don't know about the sentences you asked about although the first one sounds not right or clear in my opinion. Because when I read it for the first time without looking to your question, I though that you might make a mistake in the order of the sentence, and basically you wanted to say:
-Rob got his stolen car yesterday.
After reading your question, I realized that was
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