Patterns With Have and Get
Patterns With Have and Get
This active pattern with have is more common in the USA than in Britain, where it is rather
formal. Get is informal.
e.g. I had / got my car serviced. This means that I arranged for someone, for example a
garage, to service my car; I did not service it myself. We use this pattern mainly to talk about
professional services to a customer. There is often payment involved.
2- It is also used when we have been instrumental in helping / persuading / teaching someone
to do sth., when you succeed in getting someone else to do sth.