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Alexander OJR Posted 15 years ago
Grammar
Verb-have
Hello,i hope that i'll get some help from all of you by replying to my question.Thanks
The word-Have with the form of being followed by a subject and past participle verb can mean:
to cause something to be done for you by somebody else.For instances
I'm going to have my hair cut.
He's had his car repaired.
My question is,that something/actions have to be done by somebody else MUST use the form-have + subject .
Haircut is an action that must be done by someone else(execpt you can hair cut).Therefore we MUST say I'm going to have my hair cut today rather than I'm going to cut my hair today.Am i correct?
Nevertheless,i think it can mean both that i do something by myself or somebody else.
I had my car washed yesterday.(it can mean i did myself or i went to a car wash to let the staffs wash my car,Right ?)
Yet,the other structure of have,that's followed by a subject and infinitive verb means-
Tell or arrange for somebody to do something for you.So this form must be to talk about doing something for you by somebody else.Doesn't it ?
I had my mother drive to airport to welcome my father yesterday=I let my mother drive to airport to welcome my father yesterday.Correct ?
The word-Have with the form of being followed by a subject and past participle verb can mean:
to cause something to be done for you by somebody else.For instances
I'm going to have my hair cut.
He's had his car repaired.
My question is,that something/actions have to be done by somebody else MUST use the form-have + subject .
Haircut is an action that must be done by someone else(execpt you can hair cut).Therefore we MUST say I'm going to have my hair cut today rather than I'm going to cut my hair today.Am i correct?
Nevertheless,i think it can mean both that i do something by myself or somebody else.
I had my car washed yesterday.(it can mean i did myself or i went to a car wash to let the staffs wash my car,Right ?)
Yet,the other structure of have,that's followed by a subject and infinitive verb means-
Tell or arrange for somebody to do something for you.So this form must be to talk about doing something for you by somebody else.Doesn't it ?
I had my mother drive to airport to welcome my father yesterday=I let my mother drive to airport to welcome my father yesterday.Correct ?
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Hi, Have + object + bare infinitive : I had my mother drive to airport = I persuaded my mother to drive... Have + object + past participle : I had my car washed yesterday = I employed someone to wash my car. He's had his car repaired = He's employed someone to repair his car.
- Hi, Have + object + bare infinitive : I had my mother drive to airport = I persuaded my mother to drive...
- Have + object + past participle : I had my car washed yesterday = I employed someone to wash my car.
- He's had his car repaired = He's employed someone to repair his car.
- I'm going to have my hair cut = It's my intention to employ someone to cut my hair.
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Hi,
Have + object + bare infinitive:
I had my mother drive to airport = I persuaded my mother to drive...
Have + object + past participle:
I had my car washed yesterday = I employed someone to wash my car.
He's had his car repaired = He's employed someone to repair his car.
Have + object + bare infinitive:
I had my mother drive to airport = I persuaded my mother to drive...
Have + object + past participle:
I had my car washed yesterday = I employed someone to wash my car.
He's had his car repaired = He's employed someone to repair his car.
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Then i say that i had my hair cut three days ago,it means either i did my hair by someone else or i did my haircut by myself ?
how will you talk about you did a haircut ?
Have + object + bare infinitive, this structure is used to talk about action that are done by somebody else or ourselves or can mean both ?
Have + object + past participle, this str
how will you talk about you did a haircut ?
Have + object + bare infinitive, this structure is used to talk about action that are done by somebody else or ourselves or can mean both ?
Have + object + past participle, this str
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Alexander OJRThen i say that i had my hair cut three days ago,it means either i did my hair by someone else or i did my haircut by myself ?I had my hair cut. - Someone else cut my hair.
how will you talk about you did a haircut ?
I cut my hair. - I did it myself.
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So that,we say normally that i had my hair cut yesterday rather than i cut my hair yesterday,except you are capable of haircutting.Correct ?
If i say that i had my fingernails cut,does it mean i do by myself or somebody else ?
If i say that i had my fingernails cut,does it mean i do by myself or somebody else ?
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Alexander OJRSo that,we say normally that I had my hair cut yesterday rather than I cut my hair yesterday, except you are capable of haircutting.Correct ?Not quite. If you are capable of cutting hair the same rules apply. Also if you are not capable but do it anyway the same rules apply.
Alexander OJRIf I say
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