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88 Mohammad Mahfooz HussainThe Test with %u201cHave%u201d:Active The project manager had the interns compile the reports.Forced Type 2 (Incorrect)The interns were had to compile the reports by the project manager.The ProblemThis is a catastrophic failure of meaning. In English grammar, the passive phrase %u201cto be had%u201d does not mean %u201cto be assigned a task%u201d. It is actually an idiom that means to be tricked, scammed, or swindled. If you say %u201cThe interns were had%u201d, it means the manager robbed them!The Test with %u201cGet%u201d:Active Alam got the technicians to install the hardware.Forced Type 2 (Incorrect)The technicians were got to install the hardware by Alam.The ProblemThe causative meaning of get is %u201cto convince or persuade%u201d. But the passive phrase %u201cwere got%u201d loses that nuanced meaning completely. Instead, it sounds like the technicians were physically captured, hunted down, or kidnapped by Alam to do the work.