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Vocabulary
Had
"A police car had its windows smashed as Mr Trump spoke inside a hall in the Orange County Fairgrounds in Costa Mesa." (BBC.)
Is "had" a causative one in the above?
Is "had" a causative one in the above?
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This one is not causative, it's describing something that happened to the car. The police car did not cause its own windows to be smashed. Causative "had" is mostly restricted to human subjects.
- This one is not causative, it's describing something that happened to the car.
- The police car did not cause its own windows to be smashed.
- Causative "had" is mostly restricted to human subjects.
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This one is not causative, it's describing something that happened to the car. The police car did not cause its own windows to be smashed. Causative "had" is mostly restricted to human subjects.
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