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01cite10Teo12cite10Please have him ___ to my office. (a) come (B) came (C) coming12br
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10Choice A is correct. Is choice C also acceptable?12br
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10No, Teo. The infinitive is needed in this structure.02br
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11cite20Teo22cite20Please have him ___ to my office. (a) come (B) came (C) coming22br
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20Choice A is correct. Is choice C also acceptable?22br
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20No, Teo. The infinitive is needed in this structure

0 Yes, Philip. There are many cases where 01i00to02i00 can or must be omitted: 01i02br
00I will 01b00come02b00 tomorrow.02br
00I'll help you 01b00do02b00 it.02br
00"All I have to do is 01b00dream02b00."02br
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0I think it's because we are used to seeing it in that form called "the bare infinitive." Like Philip, I associate an infinitive with the "to form."0-

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01cite10Grammar Geek12cite10I think it's because we are used to seeing it in that form called 10"the bare infinitive."10 Like Philip, I associate an infinitive with the "to form."12br
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10 01b01font00I think that's the term I was trying to pu

1b001. She __ us doing the work. (A) had (B) made (C) saw (D) let 02b02br
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00C is correct, but A is not incorrect.02br
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01b002. Father had me __ the bike. (A) ride (B) rode (C) ridden (D) riding 02b02br
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00A is correct, but D is not incorrect.02br
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01b003. Mother _

0Teo, all of the ones above could be correct with just a little bit more: She had us doing the work 01i00while she sat and watched television02i00. Father had me riding the bike 01i00in no time, after I had tried to learn to ride by myself for weeks without luck02i00. Mother had us playing computer games to learn to type and practice our math 01i