Have some work done / Get some work done.

[rajan]

I am getting some work done by the carpenter. ( Does it mean that I am giving the work to someone to get it done)

I am having some work done by the carpenter. (What does it mean?)

 

[tedmc]

Did you write those sentences yourself?

You have/get work done by someone, not from someone.

 

[rajan]

Did you write those sentences yourself?

You have/get work done by someone, not from someone.

Sorry, my mistake. I am editing my first post. I am replacing "from" with "by".

 

[Tarheel]

You can have somebody do some work for you.

 

[emsr2d2]

Sorry, my mistake. I am editing will edit/have edited my first post. I am replacing will replace/have replaced "from" with "by".

The present continuous doesn't work there. I have give two options above. You would use the first if you were writing that post before making the edits. You would use the second if you were writing that post after making the edits.

 

[emsr2d2]

1. I am getting some work done by the carpenter. (Does it mean that I am giving the work to someone to get it done?)

2. I am having some work done by the carpenter. (What does it mean?)

Without any other context, they both mean that you have engaged the services of a carpenter in order for them to do some carpentry work for you.

Note my markups above. Make sure there is just one space between words and don't leave a space after an opening bracket. Whenever you give us more than one sentence to look at, please number them so it's easier for us to refer to them in our responses.

 

[rajan]

Without any other context, they both mean that you have engaged the services of a carpenter in order for them to do some carpentry work for you.

Somebody asked me that what I was doing. I was confused while giving answer- which causative verb was to use - "have" or "get".

What are those instances when both causative verbs cannot be used interchangeably?

 

[Tarheel]

Say:

Somebody asked me what I was doing. I was confused about which word to use -- "have" or "get". What are those instances when those words cannot be used interchangeably?

 

[Tarheel]

Bob: What are you doing?
Rob: I'm having somebody do some work for me.

 

[5jj]

1. I am having some work done for me.
2. I am getting some work done for me.
3. I am having someone do some work for me.
4. I am getting someone to do some work for me.

 

[rajan]

1. I am having some work done for me.
2. I am getting some work done for me.
3. I am having someone do some work for me.
4. I am getting someone to do some work for me.

After understanding your teaching, I tried to compose the following sentences. Could you please check it?

1. I am having my chair repaired by the carpenter.
2. I am getting my chair repaired by the carpenter.
3. I am having the carpenter repair my chair.
4. I am getting the carpenter to repair my chair.

 

[5jj]

Could you please check it them?

They are fine.

 

[Tarheel]

After understanding your teaching, I composed

the following sentences. Could you please check them?

1. I am having my chair repaired by the carpenter.
2. I am getting my chair repaired by the carpenter.
3. I am having the carpenter repair my chair.
4. I am getting the carpenter to repair my chair.

I would probably say: "After I read your sentences I wrote some of my own." Here's mine: "The car is in the shop."

 

[rajan]

I would probably say: "After I read your sentences I wrote some of my own." Here's mine: "The car is in the shop."

To practice what I understood from your sentences, I am composing the following sentences. How is this sentence?

 

[Tarheel]

To practice what I understood from your sentences, I am composing the following sentences. How is this sentence?

Which one?

(I am in the habit of keeping the reader in mind. That is, when somebody reads the post it will be finished.)

 

[rajan]

Which one?

(I am in the habit of keeping the reader in mind. That is, when somebody reads the post it will be finished.)

After understanding your teaching, I tried to compose the following sentences. In place of preceding sentence If I write the following sentence, Is it better?

"To practice what I understood from your sentences, I am composing the following sentences."

 

[Barque]

I suggest "have composed the following [ones]". You don't need to repeat the word "sentences". It's fine otherwise.