الأفعال السببية : let - make - have - get

Let

FORM

[let + person + verb]

USE

This construction means "to allow someone to do something

Examples
John let me drive his new car
Will your parents let you go to the party?
I don't know if my boss will let me take the day off

Make

FORM

[make + person + verb]

USE

This construction means "to force someone to do something

Examples

My teacher made me apologize for what I had said
Did somebody make you wear that ugly hat?
She made her children do their homework
Have

FORM

[have + person + verb]

USE

This construction means "to give someone the responsibility to do something."

Examples

Dr. Smith had his nurse take the patient's temperature
Please have your secretary fax me the information
I had the mechanic check the brakes

Get

FORM

[get + person + to + verb]

USE

This construction usually means "to convince to do something" or "to trick someone into doing something."

Examples

Susie got her son to take the medicine even though it tasted terrible
How can parents get their children to read more?
The government TV commercials are trying to get people to stop smoking

Get vs. Have

Sometimes "get someone to do
something" is interchangeable with "have someone do something," but
these expressions do not mean exactly the same thing.

Examples

I got the mechanic to check my brakes
At first the mechanic didn't think it was necessary, but I convinced him to check the brakes.
I had the mechanic check my brakes
I asked the mechanic to check the brakes.

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