Causative verbXwant
i want you to buy some food - the structure of this sentence seems the same as the causative verbs ,so i am confused .I thought only causative verbs could have this structure: subject+verb+agent+verb+object example : i have her buy some food
so is want also a causative verb? if not why? if not ,how does it have the same structure?
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It is puzzling that you ask about the relatively advanced concept "causative verb", yet do not know that the word "I" is always capitalised, that sentences always begin with a capital letter, or that a space follows a comma or full stop rather than preceding it. I would concentrate on fixing some basic errors before worrying about causative verbs.
- It is puzzling that you ask about the relatively advanced concept "causative verb", yet do not know that the word "I" is always capitalised, that sentences always begin with a capital letter, or that a space follows a comma or full stop rather than preceding it.
- I would concentrate on fixing some basic errors before worrying about causative verbs.
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It is puzzling that you ask about the relatively advanced concept "causative verb", yet do not know that the word "I" is always capitalised, that sentences always begin with a capital letter, or that a space follows a comma or full stop rather than preceding it. I would concentrate on fixing some basic errors before worrying about causative verbs.
0hi123so is want also a causative verb?
"Want" is not describing an action that causes or forces another action. Just because I want something, it doesn't mean I will get it!
Want is one of a large group of verbs called catenative verbs. It can be the main verb in a chain of verbs.
eg.
I reminded you to buy food for me.
I need
0There are only three causative verbs in English: make, have, and get. For example: "I had her buy some food." (You "caused" her to buy food - and the action of buying the food is completed.)
In the sentence, "I want you to buy some food.", no action has been completed, and so you didn't "cause" anything to happen.
Note that the sequence of events might have been as fo
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