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Latest post Wed, May 5 2004 8:44 PM by Guest. 3 replies.
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Guest  +  29142 Wed, 05 May 04 08:44 PM
Dear teachers
Which of these two possibilities is more correct?

a)I will get the car [working/worked]
b)I will have the car [working/worked]

Can we use ing i ncausative verbs?

Thank you very much in advance.
Best regards
Guest
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yskh81  +  29158 Thu, 06 May 04 11:03 AM
Hi 'student',

The correct sentence formation is:
a) I will get the car working.
b) I will have the car worked on.

Hope that helps.
yskh81
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maj, 5 yr 200 days ago
Would they mean the same?
Guest, 5 yr 200 days ago
No, they don't mean the same.

"I'll get the car working" means you plan to fix it yourself. "I'll have the car working (in no time)" means you're confident you can fix it!

"I'll have the car worked ON" means you are (probably) going to take it to a mechanic. (It's the mechanic, not the car who will be "working" in this case).



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