Causal Construction

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 What is Causal Construction?
The causal construction is a linguistic expression which denotes a complex
situation consisting of two component events (Comrie 1989: 165-166; 
Song 2001: 256-259)
It is used when one thing or person causes another thing or person to do
someething
One can cause somebody to do something for him/her by asking, paying,
requesting, or forcing the person.

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 Words of Causal Construction
 Allow  Keep
 Cause  Lead  Let
 Convince  Let  Make
 Enable  Make  Have
 Force  Motivate  Get.
 Get  Permit
 Have  Require.
 Hold

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Active Causal
Passive Causal
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Pattern
: S + causal verb + agent + action verb
: S + causal verb + object + action verb (past participle)

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 Example

Active Causal Passive Causal

My mom lets me borrow her car. I have my bike repaired
My aunt made me do the cleaning. I had my hair cut.
My manager had me finish the reports in a week. Maria got the car washed.

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 used when we want to give someone
permission to do something or let
Let something be done without his
permission.
used when we want to force someone
Mak to do something or cause (cause)
someone to do something that he has
e no control over.
used to give someone responsibility
Have for himself/herself
used when someone makes him do
Get something by force.
S + Let + Complement + verb form
S + Make + Complement + verb
form
Have somebody do something (have +
agent + bare infinitive):
Have somebody doing something
(have + agent + present participle)
S + Get + Object + to + verb form
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My father let me choose my future
career.
The Manager makes her staff
work hard.
My boss had me working on
several projects last year.
I had my house renovated last
week.
She had her phone’s
battery replaced by a local shop.
I got my cat to stop bitting
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