Causative
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Have something done How often do you have/get your house cleaned? Where should I have/get my car repaired? When was the last time you had/got your phone fixed? Vs. Why do some people get their spouse/business partner killed? Is the person doing the action mentioned or only implied? Does the person mentioned cause the action to happen? How do they cause it? Which one has an additional use to show something unethical: HAVE or GET? |
Have someone do something/Get someone to do something
Why do people have someone clean their house? Why do people get someone to clean their house?
When was the last time you had someone take you to work because your car wasn’t working? When was the last time you got someone to take you to work because your car wasn’t working?
Do you normally have someone help you with your English homework? Do you normally get someone to help you with your English homework?
Vs.
Why would a person get a hit-man to kill a business partner?
Is the person doing the main action in the subject position in the structure?
Which one has an additional use to show something unethical: HAVE or GET?
Is there a TO after the verb HAVE or GET?
What can make someone quit their job?
What would make someone leave their family?
How would you make someone stop smoking?
Why and how should we make our children follow a routine?
Does MAKE refer to causing an action to happen?
Do we know if it was caused by paying someone, threatening someone, requesting someone, forcing someone etc through the context?
Would you allow people to smoke in your house?
Would you let people smoke in your car?
Why don’t they allow you to take your dog to some places?
Why don’t they let children in some places?
Does LET or ALLOW have a TO after it?
Is the meaning different?