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Active causatives use the following structure:

subject | causative verb | agent | bare infinitive -or- to-infinitive | object/complement

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Active causatives use the following structure:
The police | had | the witness | identify | the thief.
The HR Department | made | all staff | attend | the time management seminar.

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Active causatives use the following structure:
The police | had | the witness | identify | the thief.
The HR Department | made | all staff | attend | the time management seminar.

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Active causatives use the following structure:

subject | causative verb | agent | bare infinitive -or- to-infinitive | object/complement

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Active causative verbs demonstrate one action happening to another person/thing. The doer causes something to happen to the agent. Here are a few more examples:

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Active causative verbs:
The maitre d’ let the movie stars jump the line and sit at the best table in the restaurant.
His boss required new employees to attend training sessions once a week.
The online magazine encouraged all readers to submit suggestions for future issues.
The devil made me do it!

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Active causative verbs:
The maitre d’ let the movie stars jump the line and sit at the best table in the restaurant.
His boss required new employees to attend training sessions once a week.
The online magazine encouraged all readers to submit suggestions for future issues.
The devil made me do it!

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Active causative verbs demonstrate one action happening to another person/thing. The doer causes something to happen to the agent.

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It’s important to note that some active causative verbs require the bare infinitive, namely when using have, let, and make.

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Active causativ verbs without “to”:
The police | had | the witness | identify | the thief.
The HR Department | made | all staff | attend | the time management seminar.

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Other common active causative actions require the to-infinitive, such as allow, convince, employ, encourage, get, help, permit, and require. For example:

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Other common active causative actions require the to-infinitive
The lawyer convinced the judge to lower the fine.
The teacher encouraged his students to apply for the scholarships.

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Other common active causative actions require the to-infinitive

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Other common active causative actions require the to-infinitive, such as allow, convince, employ, encourage, get, help, permit, and require.

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Active causativ verbs without “to”:
The police | had | the witness | identify | the thief.
The HR Department | made | all staff | attend | the time management seminar.

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It’s important to note that some active causative verbs require the bare infinitive, namely when using have, let, and make.

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Modal auxiliary verbs may also be used with the causative sentence structure. Modals usually offer a suggestion, such as: The online magazine should encourage all readers to submit suggestions for future issues. The structure is:

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Active causatives/modal auxiliaries:
The structure is:
subject | modal auxiliary verb | causative verb | agent | object/complement
Bosses | should | permit | employees | to take flex time.

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Active causatives/modal auxiliaries:
The structure is:
subject | modal auxiliary verb | causative verb | agent | object/complement
Bosses | should | permit | employees | to take flex time.

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Modal auxiliary verbs may also be used with the causative sentence structure. Modals usually offer a suggestion, such as: The online magazine should encourage all readers to submit suggestions for future issues.

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