The definitive guide to the causative in English, with theory and examples

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The English causative is a particular structure that you are probably already using, but perhaps you don't recognize it by name. In this guide we reveal all the mysteries (theory and examples), so that you don't miss any details about it.

The causative in English: do you know what it is and how it is formed?
The causative in English is used in situations where you are not the one who malta phone number list the action, but you want it to be done or you order it to be done. Let's look at this example:

I got my hair cut

In Spanish we translate the previous sentence as “I cut my hair”, which could mean that you cut it yourself, although it is normally understood that you went to a beauty salon.



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However, if we use this causative construction in English, what we are doing is making it clear that it was another person who cut our hair because we expressly asked for it.

I get my hair cut is not the same as I cut my hair . In this second case, we do interpret that it is oneself who has taken a pair of scissors and proceeded.