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Using a causative sentence with future auxiliaries
ACTIVE VOICE:
1: John will do it tomorrow (John may or may not know this yet)
CAUSATIVE:
2: We'll / We will have John do it tomorrow (John probably doesn't know this yet)
3: We are having John do it t …
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got us to lose the match
The first of OP's examples...
1: The referee made us lose the match by disallowing two of the goals we scored
...will occasionally be used by some speakers seeking to avoid the relatively "starchy" …
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Can the structure "put someone to something" be considered another type of causative?
It's interesting how many things asked about on ELL involve significant change over time. I suppose learners easily get confused when they encounter highly-regarded (older) literary texts that conflic …
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