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22-Nov-2006, 05:07
| | |  Please have read
Is this sentence correct grammatically?
Please have read Chapter 2 before Wednesday, |
22-Nov-2006, 05:15
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Hi,
No, it's not.
Please read...
Cheers |
22-Nov-2006, 06:39
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| | Re: Please have read
While 'please read' sounds more natural, I would say that 'please have read' or 'please have chapter 2 read' are not ungrammatical.  |
22-Nov-2006, 14:02
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| | Re: Please have read
Stunned. |
22-Nov-2006, 14:14
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Originally Posted by Humble  Stunned. | I was a little stunned also. I don't think you'll hear that often in the US. |
22-Nov-2006, 18:33
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| | Re: Please have read
Phrase it "Please have Chapter 2 read by..." and it sounds fine. |
22-Nov-2006, 21:58
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Sure, if there's an object after have it's quite different, but without it... |
22-Nov-2006, 22:33
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| | Re: Please have read
Interesting. How would you parse it, Tdol? As an ellipsis:
1. Have (it) read by Monday.
Or as a perfect imperative:
2. Have-read this by Monday.
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23-Nov-2006, 04:07
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| | Re: Please have read
Imagine a weary teacher whose class often fail to complete their work:
Please have read it by Monday. (perfect imperative to try to get the little blighters to bother- emphasis on completion) |
24-Nov-2006, 00:13
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Originally Posted by Tdol Imagine a weary teacher whose class often fail to complete their work:
Please have read it by Monday. (perfect imperative to try to get the little blighters to bother- emphasis on completion) | But why not present tense?
Please read it by Monday.
Simpler and it says the same thing. | | Thread Tools | | | | Display Modes |  Linear Mode | 
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