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New2grammar Posted 18 years ago
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0 I have had him leashed. (As I understand, it means I have told someone to leash him and he's now leashed). 02 br
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00 Below is a paragraph from a news article. 02 br
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01 i 01 b 00 I've had a lot of books written about me 02 b 00 . When someone compares your daughter to Rosemary's baby -- it's one thing to come after me. Say stuff about me," he said. "But when it comes to my family, my children, that's when I went, 'This is off the chart.' " 02 i 02 br
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00 The bolded sentence means he has hired someone to publish books about him - the order came from him and he didn't write them himself. 02 br
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00 Is my interpretation of the bolded statement correct? 02 br
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00 Below is a paragraph from a news article. 02 br
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01 i 01 b 00 I've had a lot of books written about me 02 b 00 . When someone compares your daughter to Rosemary's baby -- it's one thing to come after me. Say stuff about me," he said. "But when it comes to my family, my children, that's when I went, 'This is off the chart.' " 02 i 02 br
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00 The bolded sentence means he has hired someone to publish books about him - the order came from him and he didn't write them himself. 02 br
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00 Is my interpretation of the bolded statement correct? 02 br
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0 No, it means that 01 b 00 people have written books about him 02 b 00 , mainly not at his request or desire. 0-
- 0 No, it means that 01 b 00 people have written books about him 02 b 00 , mainly not at his request or desire.
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0 No, it means that 01 b 00 people have written books about him 02 b 00 , mainly not at his request or desire. 0-
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0 Good guess, but this is not the causative 01 i 00 have 02 i 00 ; it's the experiential 01 i 00 have 02 i 00 . 02 br
00 He has gone through the experience of seeing that a lot of books were written about him. 02 br
00 Sometimes only context disambiguates the two. The following could be either type of 01 i 00 have 02 i 00 . 02 b
00 He has gone through the experience of seeing that a lot of books were written about him. 02 br
00 Sometimes only context disambiguates the two. The following could be either type of 01 i 00 have 02 i 00 . 02 b
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0 Thanks CJ and MH. CJ, your explanation is great. It's very clear now. I totally agree with you that in some cases there is ambiguity and only the context will straighten it out but only if we, learners, understand the context. So sometimes, things can get pretty messy. Thanks again. 0-
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