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To MAKE someone DO something .../ To HAVE/GET something DONE ..
Let's compare :
1) Antony made his sister work.
2) Antony had his young sister driven home.
In sentence 1, the verb in the infinitive has an active meaning : The young sister has acted ! She has worked !
In sentence 2, the verb in the infinitive has a passive meaning: The young sister has endured the action ! She was driven home.
Once that distinction between active and passive has been made and understood, things are becoming much simpler !
1) With an active meaning, use 'TO MAKE someone DO' : => to make someone do something = to make + object + infinitive without to
ex : The sauna makes your skin look beautiful.
ex : To make us lose weight, they starve us. (to starve = not to feed= not to give food.)
ex : Paul made Chris come too late = Chris is the object of 'make' and the Subject of 'come'.
The subject of the sentence and of the main verb (make) is initiating the action, but not doing it himself/herself.
In the United States, and in other countries, or regions, 'make' is often replaced by 'have' in that construction : He had his brother come too late.
The construction with 'to make', often implies a coercive nuance :
ex : I will make you work ! (= Otherwise you wouldn't !)
In the passive form, this construction needs a complete infinitive => to be made to do something
ex : He was made to hand over the money = He was forced to give the money back.
2) With a passive meaning use TO GET/HAVE something DONE : = Subject + get/have + object + past participle
ex : My parents got the living-room repainted.
ex : She had her hair cut.
In these two sentences, the actions were passive : The living-room was repainted. The hair was cut. The actions were reallyendured.
The attention is focused on the action and its result.
ex : Mom will have her dishwasher fixed because Dad can't do it himself.
ex : In my village, they had a new school built.
ex : I will have/get my car repaired as soon as I have enough money.
3) Many cases are exceptions ... (alas!) and will have to be learnt because they don't obey the 2 rules !
ex : to grow flowers or vegetables ; to keep somebody waiting ; to be run over (by a car); to get oneself invited ; and especially :
to make oneself understood/ heard/ obeyed/ respected ...
Now, it's your turn to decide whether you'll use one expression or the other in the following sentences ... Go for it !
- Hello!
-Hi! This is Katie calling from
dr.Smith's dental office. Is
Bragg available ?
- This I …
-Hi Bragg! How are you tonight ?
-I'm doing well. Looks like you guys
are working late tonight.
-Yeah! Dr. Smith hired me to help out
with phone calls in the evenings. We wanting to give you a
call & ask you a few questions
before your appointment on Thursday.
-Sounds great!Let’s go for !
- He wanted me to call & see
if any has
changed with your insurance since
the last time you were in. Are you still covered at United Healthcare?
- I am.
-OK. He also wanted me to check &
see if you had any question
for us before you coming
for your appointment ?
- My only question is, how much
everything is the coast ?
- Well, I can't call you an exact price
over the phone, but in general hygiene appointment usually coast between one hundred seventy five and two hundred fifty
dollars. Just
depending on you need be done. Often your insurance company will cover a good portion
of that. If you want it I can have Cathy our office managergive you a call to … more specifics.
- Sounds good.
- Ok we'll have Cathy give a call
tomorrow.What’s the best number to … you have ?
-This one!
-Ok. I'll have you a call tomorrow. If you have any other questions feel free to
call our office. I have got
you to confirmed. I'll
see you on Thursday at 11a.m.
-Sounds good. See you guys … !
To MAKE someone DO something .../ To HAVE/GET something DONE ..
Let's compare :
1) Antony made his sister work.
2) Antony had his young sister driven home.
In sentence 1, the verb in the infinitive has an active meaning : The young sister has acted ! She has worked !
In sentence 2, the verb in the infinitive has a passive meaning: The young sister has endured the action ! She was driven home.
Once that distinction between active and passive has been made and understood, things are becoming much simpler !
1) With an active meaning, use 'TO MAKE someone DO' : => to make someone do something = to make + object + infinitive without to
ex : The sauna makes your skin look beautiful.
ex : To make us lose weight, they starve us. (to starve = not to feed= not to give food.)
ex : Paul made Chris come too late = Chris is the object of 'make' and the Subject of 'come'.
The subject of the sentence and of the main verb (make) is initiating the action, but not doing it himself/herself.
In the United States, and in other countries, or regions, 'make' is often replaced by 'have' in that construction : He had his brother come too late. The construction with 'to make', often implies a coercive nuance :ex : I will make you work ! (= Otherwise you wouldn't !)
In the passive form, this construction needs a complete infinitive => to be made to do somethingex : He was made to hand over the money = He was forced to give the money back.
2) With a passive meaning use TO GET/HAVE something DONE : = Subject + get/have + object + past participle
ex : My parents got the living-room repainted.
ex : She had her hair cut.
In these two sentences, the actions were passive : The living-room was repainted. The hair was cut. The actions were reallyendured.
The attention is focused on the action and its result.
ex : Mom will have her dishwasher fixed because Dad can't do it himself.
ex : In my village, they had a new school built.
ex : I will have/get my car repaired as soon as I have enough money.
3) Many cases are exceptions ... (alas!) and will have to be learnt because they don't obey the 2 rules !
ex : to grow flowers or vegetables ; to keep somebody waiting ; to be run over (by a car); to get oneself invited ; and especially :
to make oneself understood/ heard/ obeyed/ respected ...
Now, it's your turn to decide whether you'll use one expression or the other in the following sentences ... Go for it !
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