
28-Jan-2007, 09:19
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Re: Is 'have' used as a causaative verb? Quote:
Originally Posted by Casiopea Let's take a look. We had our door fixed. Yukiko had her hair cut. Sanjay had the windows cleaned.
Here's the pattern. In the fist one, our door was fixed by someone else; the second, her hair was cut by someone else, and the third, the windows were cleaned by someone else. Your example below doesn't fit into the passive causative pattern:
Ex: I have 10 more years left.
=> ?10 more years are left by someone else
Hope that helps.  | I will have my homework done by Monday.
Do you think I mean I will have it done by someone else?
I don't think so. |