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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

Causitive and passive

I know what the causitive pattern is but I wonder if causitive and passive patterns can go together. The 3 pairs of sentences below are the pattern I was taught:

I had my friend repair my car / I had my car repaired,
I have made the dog eat its food / I have made the dog's food eaten,
I am getting him to carry my suitcases / I am getting my suitcases carried.

But what about the sentences below? Would you please check whether the sentences below are correct?

My friend was had to repair my car.
My friend was had my car repaired.
My car was had repaired.

The dog has been made to eat its food.
The dog has been made its food eaten.
The dog's food has been made eaten.

He is being got to carry my suitcases.
He is being got my suitcases carried.
My suitcases are being got carried.

Thank you.
  

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I had my friend repair my car / I had my car repaired, I have made the dog eat its food / I have made the dog's food eaten , I am getting him to carry my suitcases / I am getting my suitcases carried. My friend was had to repair my car . My friend was had my car repaired.

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  • I had my friend repair my car / I had my car repaired, I have made the dog eat its food / I have made the dog's food eaten , I am getting him to carry my suitcases / I am getting my suitcases carried.
  • My friend was had to repair my car .
  • My friend was had my car repaired.
  • My car was had repaired .
  • The dog has been made to eat its food.
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I had my friend repair my car / I had my car repaired,
I have made the dog eat its food / I have made the dog's food eaten,
I am getting him to carry my suitcases / I am getting my suitcases carried.
My friend was had to repair my car. My friend was had my car repaired. My car was had repaired.
The dog has been made to eat its food.
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Thank you. But I couldn't understand why the sentence "I have made the dog's food eaten" is wrong, I think it is grammatically correct but the meaing is odd, is that right? For example, the sentence "the beauty of graphic design and the endless creativity and inspirations made her studied Graphic Design and Comunication" seems to be so meaningful to me.

Also, if I want to set this type of
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Please ignore the sentence "the beauty of graphic design and the endless creativity and inspirations made her study Graphic Design and Comunication", it is not a suitable example
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AnonymousI couldn't understand why the sentence "I have made the dog's food eaten" is wrong, I think it is grammatically correct but the meaing is odd, is that right?
No.

We can make someone do something, and someone can be made to do something, but we cannot make something done.

We can get someone to do something and we can get something don
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I see better about the causative and passive patterns now, thanks a lot.
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I see that the sentence "I have made the dog's food eaten" is not a sutitable pattern, and I think "someone is made to do something" is an suitable pattern only for "make" and there is no suitable pattern like this for "have" and "get". Thank you.
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