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Difficulty: Beginner
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What are causatives? Causal verbs are used to cause things to happen. They're used in causative constructions. Although there are various specific verbs in this category, we commonly use four ordinary verbs for this: ("have," "let," "get," and "make"). Let's make some sense of them.
Difficulty: Beginner
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Now that you have an idea about what causal verbs and causal constructions are, let's give them some context. We're still using the verbs "have," let," "get," and "make," and the theme is housepainting.
Difficulty: Beginner
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Let's look "under the hood," and see how to build causative constructions using "have," "let," "get," and "make."
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