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Zuotengdazuo Posted 10 years ago
I have looked up my grammar book but can't find such pattern as "have someone done".
Should the sentence be "had them swing around"?
If "have someone done" exists, how can I understand it and use it?
Thank you.
PS: What does "swing around" mean here? Turn around? Change their mind?
Grammar
Had them swung around/had them swing around?
This is an excerpt from The Shining
"Before you hit that Hatfield kid," Al was saying, "I had talked the Board out of letting you go and even had them swung around to considering tenure..."
I have looked up my grammar book but can't find such pattern as "have someone done".
Should the sentence be "had them swing around"?
If "have someone done" exists, how can I understand it and use it?
Thank you.
PS: What does "swing around" mean here? Turn around? Change their mind?
Top answer
com/browse/have I'll have Harry convinced before this evening. They had him arrested. She had her baby fed and put to bed before Ted came home from work.
- com/browse/have I'll have Harry convinced before this evening.
- They had him arrested.
- She had her baby fed and put to bed before Ted came home from work.
- zuotengdazuo PS: What does "swing around" mean here?
- Turn around?
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See entry # 20
http://www.dictionary.com/browse/have
I'll have Harry convinced before this evening.
They had him arrested.
She had her baby fed and put to bed before Ted came home from work.
http://www.dictionary.com/browse/have
I'll have Harry convinced before this evening.
They had him arrested.
She had her baby fed and put to bed before Ted came home from work.
zuotengdazuoPS: What does "swing around" mean here? Turn around? Change their
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