Re: [tied] verb agreement in one stage of English

On Sun, 12 Oct 2003 01:39:49 +0000, Ray <ray28238317@...> wrote:

>--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Piotr Gasiorowski
><piotr.gasiorowski@...> wrote:
>
>>
>> Consider the following examples:
>>
>> My wife wants to have me killed.
>> He had his head cut off.
>> We had the fire extinguished before the firemen arrived.
>>
>> Piotr
>
>
>I think the above sentences have a causative meaning.

Only the first one. The second one is unlikely to be a causative (but I
guess it's possible). The third one is definitely not.

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