Fandorin  +  576405 Tue, 14 Oct 08 10:31 PM Hi there. I have my brother live in the USA. (I make him live there) Are those the same? And is it correct to say that way if I only mean he lives there? Thank in advance. Fandorin Joined on Thu, Dec 20 2007 Moscow Contributing Member 1,382 Whatever happens, be yourself.

	Grammar Geek  +  576409 Tue, 14 Oct 08 10:36 PM Hi Fandorin, It's a very unnatural sentence, both in constrution and in meaning. I will have my driver pick you up at 7 = I will cause my driver to do this. I have my personal chef remove the grapes from their skins before I eat them = I require him to do this regularly. I can't imagine how you could "have your brother live" somewhere. My brother lives in the US is simply the natural way to say this. Or I have a brother who lives in the US.   Grammar Geek Joined on Tue, Jan 10 2006 Veteran Member 19,652 Barbara, who answers in American English. My housekeeping skills attest to the truth of the second law of thermodynamics: Left to themselves, things get more and more random!

	Fandorin  +  576411 Tue, 14 Oct 08 10:39 PM Thank you, GG. So, if I force him to live there. Anyway, it sounds awkward, doesn't it? Fandorin

	Grammar Geek  +  576412 Tue, 14 Oct 08 10:40 PM Extremely. I require my brother to live in the US is odd semantically, but much less odd grammatically. Grammar Geek

	Fandorin  +  576413 Tue, 14 Oct 08 10:42 PM Thank you, GG. Fandorin

	AlpheccaStars  +  576435 Wed, 15 Oct 08 12:29 AM Possibilities, in order of free will: I invited my brother to live with me in the USA and he accepted. I asked my brother to live in the USA and he agreed. I persuaded / convinced my brother to live in the USA and he reluctantly agreed. I ordered my brother to live  in the USA and he obeyed. I kidnapped my brother and forced him to live with me in the USA locked up in a room.  AlpheccaStars Joined on Sun, Oct 12 2008 Senior Member 3,508 The pen is mightier than the sword. Edward Bulwer-Lytton (1803-1873)