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Fandorin Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

Causative

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.
  

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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.

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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 li
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Thank you, GG.
So, if I force him to live there. Anyway, it sounds awkward, doesn't it?
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Extremely.

I require my brother to live in the US is odd semantically, but much less odd grammatically.
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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
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