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Moon7296 Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

have/let/make + bare infinitive

1. She had him working hard.
I found #1 somewhere and they say it's used in everyday conversation often.
Is #1 acceptable which is from the formal grammar, have/let/make + bare infinitive?
  

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have/let/make + bare infinitive is correct. have + -ing is also correct, but it has a slightly different meaning than have + bare infinitive. shtml CJ

— CalifJim

  • have/let/make + bare infinitive is correct.
  • have + -ing is also correct, but it has a slightly different meaning than have + bare infinitive.
  • shtml CJ
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have/let/make + bare infinitive is correct.

have + -ing is also correct, but it has a slightly different meaning than have + bare infinitive.

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See also http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/grammar/learnit/learn
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