Get SB To Do SMTH X Have SB Do SMTH

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Get someone to do something:

This structure is used when you are persuading, convincing, or causing someone to take action. It implies
that you are actively involved in getting them to do it.

Example 1: "I got my friend to help me with my homework."

 In this case, you persuaded or convinced your friend to assist you with your homework.

Example 2: "She got her son to clean his room."

 Here, she used persuasion or influence to make her son clean his room.

2. Have someone do something:

This structure is used when you arrange for or instruct someone to perform a task or action on your
behalf. It implies that you are delegating the responsibility to them.

Example 1: "I had a professional photographer take our family portrait."

 In this case, you arranged for a photographer to take the family portrait.

Example 2: "He had the mechanic repair his car."

 Here, he instructed the mechanic to fix his car.

Key differences:

 "Get someone to do something" emphasizes your active involvement in convincing or


persuading someone to act.

 "Have someone do something" emphasizes that you are delegating a task to someone, and they
are responsible for carrying it out.

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