have+something+done


 * THE CAUSATIVE / //HAVE/GET// SOMETHING //DONE//**

Example: //I’m cutting my hair tomorrow// (you are going to cut your own hair yourself). //I’**m having my hair cut** tomorrow// (a hairdresser is going to cut your hair).
 * USE: **
 * 1)** This structure is used when the subject of the sentence does not do the action of the main verb, but asks somebody else to do it instead, usually a professional.

Example: //John **had all his money stolen** from his hotel bedroom//. //I **got my nose broken** playing rugby//.
 * 2)** We can also use 'have/get something done' in situations where something bad has happened to people or their possessions. This is not something they wanted to happen.


 * CONSTRUCTION: **

subject1 + //have / get//2 + direct object3 + past participle4 + other complements5 1 **subject**: the person that pays for something to be done (e.g. the person whose hair is cut, whose car is repaired, whose money is stolen, etc.) 2 **//have / get//**: you have to put it in the correct tense. You can use //have// or //get// indistinctively, although //get// is a bit more informal. 3 **direct object**: the object that is transformed by the action of the main verb (what is cut, repaired, stolen, etc.). 4 **past participle**: of the main verb, the verb that specifies the action that is going to be carried out (e.g. cut, repair, steal…). 5 **other complements**: agent, complement of place, complement of time, etc.

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