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The document discusses the causative construction in English using the verbs "let", "make", "have", and "get". It provides the forms and uses of each verb, with examples. Specifically, "let" means to allow, "make" means to force, "have" means to give responsibility for, and "get" usually means to convince or trick someone into doing something. While "get" and "have" can sometimes be interchangeable, they do not always have exactly the same meaning.

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Causative: Source: HTML

The document discusses the causative construction in English using the verbs "let", "make", "have", and "get". It provides the forms and uses of each verb, with examples. Specifically, "let" means to allow, "make" means to force, "have" means to give responsibility for, and "get" usually means to convince or trick someone into doing something. While "get" and "have" can sometimes be interchangeable, they do not always have exactly the same meaning.

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Causative

Source:
http://www.englishpage.com/minitutorials/let.
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 We use the causative in English to say that we have


arranged for someone to do something for us.

 the use of the causative verbs "let," "make," "have," and


"get."
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Let

FORM

 [let + person + verb]

USE

 This construction means "to allow someone to do something’.

Examples:

 John let me drive his new car.

 Will your parents let you go to the party?

 I don't know if my boss will let me take the day off.


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Make

FORM

 [make + person + verb]

USE

 This construction means "to force someone to do something.”

Examples:

 My teacher made me apologize for what I had said.

 Did somebody make you wear that ugly hat?

 She made her children do their homework.


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Have

FORM

 [have + person + verb]

USE

 This construction means "to give someone the responsibility to


do something’.

Examples:

 Dr. Smith had his nurse take the patient's temperature.

 Please have your secretary fax me the information.

 I had the mechanic check the brakes.


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Get

FORM

 [get + person + to + verb]

USE

 This construction usually means "to convince to do something" or "to


trick someone into doing something.”

Examples:

 Susie got her son to take the medicine even though it tasted terrible.

 How can parents get their children to read more?

 The government TV commercials are trying to get people to stop


smoking.
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Get vs. Have

 Sometimes "get someone to do something" is


interchangeable with "have someone do something," but
these expressions do not mean exactly the same thing.

 Examples:

 I got the mechanic to check my brakes. (At first the


mechanic didn't think it was necessary, but I convinced
him to check the brakes.)

 I had the mechanic check my brakes. (I asked the


mechanic to check the brakes.)

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