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Messier42 Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

Please help me with this sentence~

I hate having my boss keep taps on my every move.

I thought "have someone do" means "order someone to do something", but it seems like this doesn't apply to this sentence.
How should I interpreate it and could give me some more examples with the same usage ?
  

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", is not quite right - the speaker should be having to do something, not having someone else do something. In this context it should be, for example: I hate having to report my every move to my boss. I hate having to keep a record of everything I do so my boss knows what I did all day.

— Anonymous

  • ", is not quite right - the speaker should be having to do something, not having someone else do something.
  • In this context it should be, for example: I hate having to report my every move to my boss.
  • I hate having to keep a record of everything I do so my boss knows what I did all day.
  • I hate having to wear a tracking device on my ankle so that my boss knows my every move.
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The sentence, "I hate having my boss keep tabs on my every move.", is not quite right - the speaker should be having to do something, not having someone else do something. In this context it should be, for example:

I hate having to report my every move to my boss.

I hate having to keep a record of everything I do so my boss knows what I did all day.

I hate having to wea
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No, Anonymous, there's nothing wrong with the sentence "I hate having my boss keep tabs on my every move." The sentences you suggest are fine, but so is the original one (except that it should be "keep tabs,' as you corrected, rather than "keep taps").

"Have" is one of those English words that can be used in many different ways. In a sentence like "I hate having someone look over my sho
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messier42I thought "have someone do" means "order someone to do something",
That's one usage of "have someone do something," but not the only one.
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