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Michelle Cha Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

I had my car wait/ waiting outside.

1. I had my car wait.

2. I had my car waiting.

Are the both grammatical?
If they are, what is the difference in meaning between them?
  

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Michelle Cha Are the y both grammatical? Use the first one. But it can be improved.

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  • Michelle Cha Are the y both grammatical?
  • Use the first one.
  • But it can be improved.
  • The driver usually is the one who waits.
  • But if you want to be impersonal (and a tad imperious) then it's OK to say that the car is waiting on your request.
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Michelle ChaAre they both grammatical?
Use the first one.

But it can be improved. The driver usually is the one who waits. But if you want to be impersonal (and a tad imperious) then it's OK to say that the car is waiting on your request.
I had my driver wait in the car outside.
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marcel7355I had to wait my car. (It's Past form of modal verb "have to")Second sentence.You may be wanted to tell: "I had been waiting my car for 2 hours, but I had to walk"
Sorry, Marcel, that's not right.

I had to wait for my car. It has a different meaning than the causative "have" which is what Michelle asked about.

Maybe y
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I had to wait my car. (It's Past form of modal verb "have to")
Second sentence.
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AnonymousOk. I don't know English at all
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Explanatory note:

If anyone's wondering what happened to Marcel's post, I deleted it as incorrect and unhelpful before noticing that it had been responded to.
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Rover_KEExplanatory note:If anyone's wondering what happened to Marcel's post, I deleted it as incorrect and unhelpful before noticing that it had been responded to.
That's why I quoted the entire post in my response. No harm done, Rover!
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