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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

passive voice with have + personal pronouns + past participle?

It is possible to express passive meaning with have + personal pronouns + past participle?
  

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Anonymous have + personal pronouns + past participle? Yes, in a question and with the past participle 'been'. Have you been seen there lately?

  • Anonymous have + personal pronouns + past participle?
  • Yes, in a question and with the past participle 'been'.
  • Have you been seen there lately?
  • Have they been written yet?
  • Have we been stood up?
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Anonymoushave + personal pronouns + past participle?
Yes, in a question and with the past participle 'been'.

Have you been seen there lately?
Have they been written yet?
Have we been stood up?

CJ
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Yes, as in "I will have him arrested".
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GPYI will have him arrested
That would be "causative have" rather than "passive", don't you think (in spite of the passive element 'arrested' at the end)?

CJ
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CalifJimThat would be "causative have" rather than "passive", don't you think (in spite of the passive element 'arrested' at the end)?
I think it is a correct answer to the question of how we "express passive meaning" with have + personal pronoun + past participle.
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Ah, yes. "passive meaning". Never mind.

CJ
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CalifJimThat would be "causative have" rather than "passive"
There is no “passive have” anyway, is there? In Have you been arrested?, have is a marker of perfect tense, while be marks passive voice.
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Aspara GusThere is no “passive have” anyway, is there?
Where does it say "passive have"? "have" was purposely omitted after "passive" because there is no passive have unless you get into structures like A good time was had by all.

Let me spell it out for you.

That would be "causative have" rather than "pass
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CalifJimWhere does it say "passive have"? "have" was purposely omitted after "passive" because there is no passive have unless you get into structures like A good time was had by all. Let me spell it out for you. That would be "causative have" rather than "passive voice".
Oh, how silly of me! How did I miss that?!

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