make / have / let + V
Rulemake, have, let + object + base verb (no to); get + object + to-infinitive.
Curiosity
"made him to wait" or "made him wait"? "got him wait" or "got him to wait"?
Intuition
Causatives make someone do something. make, have, let use the bare verb (no to); get is the odd one out and needs to.
Visualization
See the parts: the causative verb and the verb form that follows are highlighted. The relation: "have + object + base verb (no to)."
make/have/let take a base verb; get takes a to-infinitive.
The manager hadthe teamfinishthe report
Essence
make, have, let + object + base. get + object + to. help allows both (help + object + (to) base). Passive causative: have/get + object + p.p. (I had my car repaired). In the passive, make becomes "be made to."
Examples
The teacher made the students stay late.
I had the technician fix the printer.
She got her colleague to help with the report.
Mini-quiz
"The supervisor had the new hire ___ the manual first." Which fits?