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Translation tips Week 10 Contents: Causative verbs Cover letter Guide to basic business letters Good writing etiquette Translation tips Causative Verbs (使役動詞 ) Causative verbs designate the action necessary to cause another action to happen. In The devil made me do it. the verb made causes the do to happen. Here is a brief list of causative verbs, in no particular order: let, help, allow, have, require, allow, motivate, get, make, convince, hire, assist, encourage, permit, employ, force. Most of them are followed by an object (noun or pronoun) followed by an infinitive: She allows her pet cockatiel to perch on the windowsill. She hired a carpenter to build a new birdcage.“ Instead of being followed by a noun/pronoun and an infinitive, the causative verbs have, make and let are followed by a noun/pronoun and the base form of the verb (which is actually an infinitive with the to left off). Make make + sb. + V =to force someone to do something. The teacher made John get his book in the office. Father makes me go to the music show tomorrow afternoon. She made her children do their homework. LetLet + sb. + V = to allow someone to do something. John let me drive his new car. Will your parents let you go to the party? I dont know if my boss will let me take the day off. Have Have + sb. + V = to give someone the responsibility to do something. Dr. Smith had his nurse take the patients temperature. Please have your secretary fax me the information. I had the mechanic check the brakes. GetGet + sb. + to + V = to convince to do something or to trick someone into doing something. 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. Sometimes get someone to do something is interchangeable with have someone do something, but these expressions do not mean exactly the same thing. Examples: