Should I say ‘have’ or ‘get’? Is ‘copies of it’ correctly used in the sentence?
Should I say ‘have’ or ‘get’? Is ‘copies of it’ correctly used in the sentence?
Dexter helped Colleen (have / get) her book published. He did everything he could just to have copies of it. He even stopped attending school just to make sure that it would be published.
Top answer
" But "copies of it" is incomplete. "
— Doctor D
" But "copies of it" is incomplete.
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I would say "get." But "copies of it" is incomplete. Perhaps "just to have copies of it made." But I would reword that sentence to clarify the action: "He did everything he could to get copies of it in print."