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Tenjing Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

what does this sentence mean

She had me arrive early. Could anyone explain to me in detail what this sentence mean?
  

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She caused me to arrive early. She arranged for me to arrive early.

  • She caused me to arrive early.
  • She arranged for me to arrive early.
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She caused me to arrive early.
She arranged for me to arrive early.
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There can be some nuances to this:

For some (significant) reason, she made me arrive earlier than I had intended to arrive.

Merely for the sake of showing the influence she has over me, she made me arrive early.

Normally I would never show up early for something like this, but she insisted on it.

It was important to her that I arrive early, and so she insisted o

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