Answer by rogermue for Can an object precede its verb?
"To have" has a lot of constructions that are different from to have (meaning to possess) + object.One of these special constructions is to have + noun + past participle. This construction can have...
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“Have”Understand "have one's heart set on something" by analogy with these:(1) John has his car in the garage.(2) John has his car safely stored in the garage.(3) John will make his heart invincible.or...
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Both are possible and there's no difference between them. It's the same structure as "look a word up" and "look up a word".
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The structure of "have one's heart set on something" idiom is strange for me. Isn't "heart" the object? So why it is not as "have set one's heart on something"?
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