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GRAMMAR B2 - INTERMEDIATE 2
Causatives
We receive and don’t perform the action
HAVE SOMETHING DONE (by someone else)
Last year, I had my house painted. (by the painters)
We will have the pictures published next week. (by the photographer)
HAVE SOMEONE DO SOMETHING
Last year I had the painters paint my house.
Next week we will have the photographer publish our pictures.
Examples
I will have my hair cut – I will have Matt cut my hair
She is having her car repaired – She is having William repair her car
We had our house painted last year – We had some colleagues paint our house last year.
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