Causative

When we do not perform an action directly and get the action done by somebody else, we use Causative sentences. Causing somebody else to do something for us is expressed by using a sentence pattern with ‘GET’ or ‘HAVE’. When you use this sentence pattern, special care should be taken in separating the parts of the sentence properly, or else it might cause difficulty in understanding what is expressed.

Pattern: S + get / have + O + V3 + (by agent)

e.g.

The agent is not always needed. If you get something done by a particular person, you are expected to give the agent.

e.g.

I got my bad tooth taken out by Dr White.

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