I have my hands done too.
Dear teachers,
This morning I read two very simple sentences in a Grammar book, namely:
“I must also have my hands done.”
“I must have my hands done too.”
The topic was replacing “also” by more colloquial “too”.
However I wandered from the subject. My attention was focused on the literal sense of the both. At first I was puzzled over the meaning in my natural language but subsequently I remember a few examples of sentences with similar configuration.
have something done
I must have my hair washed, moisturized and blow-dried properly.
Every time I have my hair pulled back in a ponytail style.
So I think I might to extend the boundaries of the original sentence.
“I let my nails grow so I must have my hands done.”
Would you tell your thoughts on the matter?
From the second hand I know that only a scarcely perceptible difference in the word’s configuration might work a fundamental change of the meaning.
For example I remember the following words from the Bible:
“Not what my hands have done can save my guilty soul.”
How odd!!!
Regards.
V.
Re: I have my hands done too.
[1] I must have my hands done.
=> have someone do my hands for me, whatever 'do' means I don't know. Could mean, massage, could mean plastic surgery, but whatever it means it's definitely causitive in structure.
[2]“Not what my hands have done can save my guilty soul.”
=> "my hands" is the subject in this case. The person's hands have committed some act. This meaning is different from [1].
Re: I have my hands done too.
When someone gets a manicure, they use the phrase, "getting my hands done."
:lol:
Re: I have my hands done too.
They do? Must be a USA thing. Get my nails done, right? :-D
Re: I have my hands done too.
Yes - we say
I must get my hair done before I go to the dance.
I must get my feet and nails done before I go out.
Re: I have my hands done too.
Dear Soup and susiedqq,
Thank you very much for your explanatory notes. They gave me a leg up. This was some help.
I hope you can well understand why have I move that question be put to debate. The original sentence was very inconclusive and obscure for me.
Thank you again for your backing.
Regards.
V.