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Old 20-Dec-2006, 20:37
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Exclamation help urgently!!!!

is it possible to use causative have in a sentence which has an inanimate subject; eg.

the cooker had something greasy spillt over.
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Old 21-Dec-2006, 03:41
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Default Re: help urgently!!!!

It's possible, though your example doesn't work for me without 'it' at the end:
Look, that car's had its windows smashed.
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