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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."
Three causative verbs are exceptions to the pattern described above. 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).
Verbs like make, choose, judge, elect, select, name. are called factitive verbs. These transitive verbs can take two objects, or seem to:
Source: http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/verbs.htm
- Professor Villa had her students read four short novels in one week.
- She also made them read five plays in one week.
- However, she let them skip the final exam.
Verbs like make, choose, judge, elect, select, name. are called factitive verbs. These transitive verbs can take two objects, or seem to:
- They judged Philbert's dog Best of Show. (where "dog" is the direct object and "Best of Show" is the second complement).
- The faculty elected Dogsbreath the new Academic Dean. (where Dogsbreath is the direct object and "Academic Dean" is the second complement).
- U.S. News and World Report named our college the best in the northeast. (where "our college" is the direct object and "the best" is the second complement).
Source: http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/verbs.htm