According to everything I can find1,2, and all usages I can remember ever coming across, hath is the 3rd person singular present tense of have, and not the plural. So why does the rhyme go as follows? Thirty days hath September, April, June, and November Should it not be “Thirty days have September, April, June, … Read more
The other day I started looking for the time of this sentence, I ended up wondering if it is right. I believe I’ve seen it in some literature, possibly in a movie, but I don’t remember the scene or the context it was inserted on, maybe the character was stressed and the phrase would be … Read more
The traditional power grid is designed 120 years ago and has not kept pace with modern-day challenges like….etc My question is in the first part I used “is” and lateral I used “has not”. Is this grammatically okay? Similary If I use “can not” instead of “has not”. Whats the error. Thanks in Advance Answer … Read more
I understand that to have somebody do something for me means I ask them or command them to do that. Is there a slight difference in the meaning if "I get them to do something"? Is there a difference if I omit the "to" as in "to get somebody do something"? Answer I’ll have him … Read more
I’ve heard this in a movie called The Bourne Supremacy. I am not really good with English so can anybody help me out? What does ‘You had Konklin killed‘ mean? By the way, Konklin is just a character’s name Answer This structure is called passive causative. The form is: ["have/get" + object + past participle] … Read more
We usually have my mother (to) stay over Christmas What differences in meaning or otherwise are due to the insertion of TO ? OED HAVE (vb) : https://oed.com/oed2/00103269 Answer Idiomatic usage: To have someone do something. To have my mother stay over Christmas. To have my son cut the grass. To have my husband fix … Read more
I had my hair cut by a barber. Is that sentence grammatical? Can we add the by-phrase "by a barber" to the construction subject + have + something + done? Answer I had my hair cut by a barber. I had my hair cut. Both examples are grammatical. The phrase by a barber can be … Read more
In American English, which verb form should be used in the following? He had the bouncers throw/throwing them out of the club. he had me do/doing all kinds of jobs for her. Checking the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary and Longman Advanced American Dictionary, the latter lists both patterns. One might be tempted to conclude both … Read more
The following pairs of expressions seem to have the same meaning in general. The active group means "to persuade or force sb to do sth" in LONGMAN dictionary, and their passive version means "sth have been done". Are they actually different in terms of usage, style or meaning? A: have sb do / have sb … Read more
Let’s say I told my assistant to write a report and they are doing it at the moment. Which of the following sentence is correct to commumicate the idea? I have my assistant write a report, she is unavailable at the moment. I have my assistant writing a report, she is unavailable at the moment. … Read more
