personification?

[jiang]

Dear teachers,

Please read the following sentence:

A lot of students hate to buy a required text that the professor has written only to have his lectures repeat it.

I know we can say ' to have somebody do something'. In this sentence it is to have something do something. My question is: Is this personification?

I am looking forward to hearing from you.

Thank you in advance.

Jiang

 

[Tdol]

I wouldn't say so. I also wouldn't classify this as exactly the same as the standard causative. It's more like 'only to find that his lectures repeat it' ;-)

 

[jiang]

Thank you very much for your explanation.

Jiang

I wouldn't say so. I also wouldn't classify this as exactly the same as the standard causative. It's more like 'only to find that his lectures repeat it' ;-)