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The formation of "causative" form is: subject +have/get+object+past participle. In the sentence..... |
"The boys have had their bike repaired" the boys(the subject) + have(as written in the formula+ HAD+their bike(the object)+ repaired(past part.) Why do we have "HAD" there? What part of speech is that? Is it a part of the formula or past form or what? I would describe it as 'passive' rather than 'causative'. The boys have had their bike repaired ... by someone; they didn't do it themselves. If it was active it would be: The boys have repaired their bike. (present perfect) or The boys had repaired their bike (past perfect) just before it disappeared (past simple). So 'have had X repaired' is present perfect passive and 'had had X repaired' would be past perfect passive. HAD is a helper verb to "have." It is considered part of the have so it reads "...have had..." |
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