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Teleostomi Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

"I had the ball fumbled."

You are a goal keeper. Can you say "I had the ball fumbled."? Is it a correct use of "have"?
  

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No. ' When you say 'I had the noun verbed' it means that you didn't do the action yourself. You got someone else to do the action on your behalf.

— Nona the brit

  • No.
  • ' When you say 'I had the noun verbed' it means that you didn't do the action yourself.
  • You got someone else to do the action on your behalf.
  • I had the car repaired (I didn't repair it myself, I got a mechanic to do it).
  • I had the walls painted (I did not paint them myself, I got someone else to paint them).
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No. It would just be a straighforward 'I fumbled the ball.'

When you say 'I had the noun verbed' it means that you didn't do the action yourself. You got someone else to do the action on your behalf. I had the car repaired (I didn't repair it myself, I got a mechanic to do it). I had the walls painted (I did not paint them myself, I got someone else to paint them).

I had the ball
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Thanks for always helping us Nona the brit,

If you are before a marvelous girl friend naked, can you say "I just had my *** turned up."? I wonder if I can use the non-causative "have" there.
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No, because something certainly caused itEmotion: embarrassed
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But "I had my bag stolen." and that previous sentence both are non-causative, right?

Both things happened against "my" will, so they can be classified as "non-causative," can't they?
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