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Chan-Seung Lee
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 Posted: Sat Nov 08, 2008 6:46 pm Post subject: once again 'have' |
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| You must have your homework done by tomorrow. |
Last time I asked if 'I had my shoes shined for the interview.' means 'I had my shoes shined for the interview by someone.' or 'I had my shoes shined for the interview by myself.' So, I got the answer that it means 'I had my shoes shined for the interview by someone.'
But this time I saw the quote in a book, in this case the quote can make sense to me when it means 'You must have your homework done by tomorrow by yourself.' rather than 'You must have your homework done by tomorrow by someone.'
Can you tell me whether the quote means 'You must have your homework done by tomorrow by yourself.' or 'You must have your homework done by tomorrow by someone.'?
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pugachevV
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
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Yes.
You must have done your homework by tomorrow, is what it means. |
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Christine123
Joined: 15 Oct 2008
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Location: Indiana
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| Posted: Sun Nov 09, 2008 11:23 pm Post subject: |
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In response to your other question, I wrote the sentence formula for you:
Noun/Pronoun +to have (or any form of the verb) + possessive noun/pronoun +verb
which conveys that someone else did the action for you. When you are trying to convey that someone else did the action for you, the statement must follow that exact formula. If you change that formula in anyway, such as inserting another noun/pronoun, followed by a modal verb into the sentence, as this example does, then the formula I gave you does not apply anymore. |
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