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Difference between Have someone do something and Have someone doing something

have someone do something

1. (also: get someone to do something) cause a person to do smth.:

  • Stupid me, I did not have him sign any type of contract or promise to pay letter.

2. experience or suffer smth. done by another person:

  • We had a beggar come up to us and there was a man sleeping in the stair well. We did not feel safe at all.

Note: The expression is not antonymous in meaning to the phrase one will not have someone do something—one will not allow a person to do smth.:

  • Tell him you understand that he is unhappy but you will not have him speak to you that way.

have someone doing something

1. cause a person to do smth. as a result of one’s activity:

  • If you play your radio on the beach, you’ll have everyone complaining.

2. = have someone do something 2:

  • I couldn’t bear to have them talking once the film had begun, so I turned around and did my heroic best: asked them to talk a little softly.

Note: The expression is not antonymous in meaning to the phrase one will not have someone doing something—one will not allow a person to do smth.:

  • And while I do not care much what people think of me, I will not have them thinking badly of you.