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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
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We are having( or have and why?) a house built on this site and it will take years to finish.
  

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We are having a house built on this site and it will take years to finish. This is the causative "have" in the present progressive, indicating an ongoing activity. html

  • We are having a house built on this site and it will take years to finish.
  • This is the causative "have" in the present progressive, indicating an ongoing activity.
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We are having a house built on this site and it will take years to finish.

This is the causative "have" in the present progressive, indicating an ongoing activity. Here is more information on this usage of "have":

http://www.englishpage.com/minitutorials/let.html

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