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Moonrise Posted 4 years ago
Grammar

"He has me watch a lot of movies"

Hello teachers,

I have a question, please. I've heard such a sentence from an English native speaker, who was talking about his friend on YouTube:

1. He has me watch a lot of movies.

If it was correct, what would be the tense? Does it mean that usually, he watches a lot of movies with his friend (present)? or did the speaker already watch a lot of movies with his friend? (past)

I made up the rest:

2. He has me watched a lot of movies.

3. He had me watch a lot of movies.

4. He had me watched a lot of movies.

5. I have her look after my turtle.

6. Mary has Tom look after her cat.

7. Mary has Tom to look after her cat.

8. Mary has Tom looking after her cat.

Are they correct grammatically and as a meaning?

I hope I don't confuse your mind.


Thank you


  

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This is the verb "have" in its causative sense. HAVE as a causative verb. Meanings Give someone else the responsibility to do something or give an order for someone to do something or require someone to do something Grammatical structure: HAVE + PERSON + VERB (base form) HAVE + OBJECT (noun / pronoun) + PAST PARTICIPLE OF VERB Examples of grammatical structure #1: I’ll have my assistant call you to reschedule the appointment.

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  • This is the verb "have" in its causative sense.
  • HAVE as a causative verb.
  • Meanings Give someone else the responsibility to do something or give an order for someone to do something or require someone to do something Grammatical structure: HAVE + PERSON + VERB (base form) HAVE + OBJECT (noun / pronoun) + PAST PARTICIPLE OF VERB Examples of grammatical structure #1: I’ll have my assistant call you to reschedule the appointment.
  • The businessman had his secretary make copies of the report.
  • The teacher had all the students read ten pages of their book.
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This is the verb "have" in its causative sense.

HAVE as a causative verb. Meanings

  • Give someone else the responsibility to do something or
  • give an order for someone to do something or
  • require someone to do something

Grammatical structure:

HAVE + PERSON + VERB (base form)
HAVE + OBJECT (noun / pronoun) + PAST PARTICIPLE OF VERB

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Moonrise1. He has me watch a lot of movies.

Correct. The verb "have" is in the present tense.

Moonrise3. He had me watch a lot of movies.

Correct. The verb "have" is in the past tense.

Other tenses are also commonly used, for example:

He is having me watch a lot of movies.

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For a discussion of the differences between "have someone do something" and "have someone doing something", see .

CJ

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