Causative verbs: Make, Have, Get
(a) I had my brother carry my bag.
(b) I made my brother carry my bag.
(c) I got my brother to carry my bag.
Form:
Have someone do something.
Make someone do something.
Get someone to do something.
Make, have, and get are used to express the idea that someone causes someone else to do something.
(d) Mrs. Lee made her son clean his room.
(e) My aunt has made my uncle stop smoking.
Causative make gives the idea that someone forces someone else to do something. In examples (d) and (e), it is implied that Mrs. Lee’s son and my uncle had no choice.
(f) I had the waiter bring me some tea.
(g) I had the mechanic repair my car.
Causative have gives the idea that someone requests someone else to do something. In examples (f) and (g), the waiter and the mechanic do the actions because I asked them to do so.
(h) Little Johnnie got his father to take him to the beach last weekend.
(i) Victoria got her boyfriend to go to the cinema with her.
Causative get gives the idea that someone persuades someone else to do something. In examples (h), It is implied that Johnnie managed to persuade his father to take him to the beach.
(j) Yesterday I had my watch repaired (by someone).
(k) Yesterday I got my watch repaired (by someone).
(l) I just had my hair cut.
(m) I just got my hair cut.
V3 is used to after have and get to give a passive meaning. In passive form, there’s no difference in meaning between have something done and get something done.
Note: In active form, we use get someone TO do something.
In passive form, we use get something done (by someone) NOT get something TO done!!!
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