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Jigneshbharati Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

To have your friend

If you'd like to have your friend bring music and snacks to your party, it's pretty hard to do it without a conjunction.

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What is the grammatical form and function of "to have your friend"?
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It's "causative have ". You are arranging for your friend to do this or requesting him to do it. This construction consists of 1.

— CalifJim

  • It's "causative have ".
  • You are arranging for your friend to do this or requesting him to do it.
  • This construction consists of 1.
  • have , 2.
  • a noun phrase, and 3.
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It's "causative have". You are arranging for your friend to do this or requesting him to do it.

This construction consists of 1. have, 2. a noun phrase, and 3. a plain verb. It's a catenative construction. The noun phrase serves as a subject for the action described by the plain verb.

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"to have your friend" is not a phrase. The pattern is "to have X do Y", meaning to cause, request or require someone to do something. This is concatenated with "like to ~".

(Cross-posted.)

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