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SunFlowerSeed Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

have car towed

0 My car is towed. -- I have my car towed.02br
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00My car was towed. -- I had my car towed.02br
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00My car is being towed. -- I have my car being towed.02br
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00Do they mean same?02br
00I mean whether the sentences made with 'have' are correct or not.0-
  

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Instead of saying 01i 00is towed02i 00 tell 01i 00has been towed. 02i 02br 02br 00My car has been towed -I have had my car towed 02br 02br 00Second sentence is okay. (Do the tense changes on01i 00 have)02i 00But using 01i 00having02i 00 may not be correct at all.

— Doll

  • Instead of saying 01i 00is towed02i 00 tell 01i 00has been towed.
  • 02i 02br 02br 00My car has been towed -I have had my car towed 02br 02br 00Second sentence is okay.
  • (Do the tense changes on01i 00 have)02i 00But using 01i 00having02i 00 may not be correct at all.
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0You use the causative form ,01i00have something done.02i02br
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00Your first sentencence is correct but the sentence 01i00my car is towed02i00 seems a bit strange to me.It gives the meaning of generally it is towed.Instead of saying 01i00is towed02i00 tell 01i00has been towed. 02i02b
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01cite10Doll12cite10You use the causative form ,11i10have something done.12i12br
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10Your first sentencence is correct but the sentence 11i10my car is towed12i10 seems a bit strange to me.It gives the meaning of generally it is towed.Instead of saying 11i10is tow
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0<My car is being towed-I am having my car towed.(Do the tense changes on01i00 have)02i00But using 01i00having02i00 may not be correct at all. >02br
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00"Having" 01b00is02b00 correct. 0-
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0My car is being towed-I am having my car towed.(Do01b00es02b00 the tense change01b01del00s02del02b00 on01i00 have)02i00But using 01i00having02i00 may not be correct at all. 02br
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00I should have told 01i00it is better if you do the tense change on
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01cite10Doll12cite10Your first sentencence is correct but the sentence 11i10my car is towed12i10 seems a bit strange to me.It gives the meaning of generally it is towed.Instead of saying 11i10is towed12i10 tell 11i10has been towed.12br
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0I think you can't understand causative form because 01i00have02i00 confuses you, right? 02br
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01b00I have 01font00had 02font00my car towed02b00 01font00(causative form.Nothing wrong with this.First 01i00have 02i00belongs to causa
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0 First of all, thanks for sparing your time.02br
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00I should study more on causatives. 05002br
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01b00(I have my car towed )02br
02b00(00Do01del00es02del00 01del00it02del00 they still seem strange? 01b00) I meant the usage of it.02br

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0You are right, sometimes I can't understand what they say ,either.05000You had better ask this to a native speaker.By the way ,sorry for correction and you are welcome.010id2
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0 Thanks Doll for your efforts.02br
00Maybe a native can explain more.0-
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