Letting vs Making Someone Do
Learn how context changes the causative meaning from permission to pressure, instruction, or control.
When causative means make
If the sentence includes rules, pressure, obligation, or authority, causative usually means “make” or “have someone do”.
父は私に全部食べさせました。
My father made me eat all of it.
先生は遅れた学生を廊下に立たせました。
The teacher made the late student stand in the hallway.
会社は社員に毎日報告を書かせています。
The company makes its employees write a report every day.
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