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Abdul quddus Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
Use of had
Scores placed under house arrest or surveillance, had communications cut off and been forced to leave capital or prevented from travelling abroad.
would somebody explain the grammer and the use of had in the above sentence??
would somebody explain the grammer and the use of had in the above sentence??
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abdul quddus W ould somebody explain the gramm a r and the use of had in the above sentence?? Hi Abdul. The construction "to have/get something done" is called Causative and is used when things are done to the subject rather than by subject itself.
- abdul quddus W ould somebody explain the gramm a r and the use of had in the above sentence??
- Hi Abdul.
- The construction "to have/get something done" is called Causative and is used when things are done to the subject rather than by subject itself.
- John said he had his car stolen .
- ) I will have my hair cut next Sunday.
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abdul quddusWould somebody explain the grammar and the use of had in the above sentence??Hi Abdul. The construction "to have/get something done" is called Causative and is used when things are done to the subject rather than by subject itself.
John said he had his car stolen. (Somebody stole John's car, not John!)
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scores mean scores of people.but u did not explain "been forced" is it connected with had or something else??
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abdul quddusScores placed under house arrest or surveillance, had communications cut off and been forced to leave capital or prevented from travelling abroad.would somebody explain the grammer and the use of had in the above sentence??
This is a legitimate usage and means 'experience an action; be a recipient/sufferer of an action'. You can
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scores mean scores of people.but u did not explain "been forced" is it connected with had or something else??
Hi Abdul
Your remark is rightly placed; it is an awkward usage of the verb 'have' in the sentence:
The 'had communications cut off' expression uses 'had' as an ordinary verb whereas 'been forced' lakcs the grammatical operator 'had' (of the past perfect passive
Hi Abdul
Your remark is rightly placed; it is an awkward usage of the verb 'have' in the sentence:
The 'had communications cut off' expression uses 'had' as an ordinary verb whereas 'been forced' lakcs the grammatical operator 'had' (of the past perfect passive
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