Soon she had everyone laughing.

[Vladv1]

When is it okay to used have somebody doing as a casuative form? I heard an example " Soon she had everyone laughing" or " If you don't listen to me now, I will have you cleaning this room all day. What is the difference between this construction and make somebody do something? I had her laughing/I made her laugh.

 

[emsr2d2]

@Vladv1 Note that I have improved the title of almost all your threads. Please make sure titles are unique and relevant to the post. It's always good to use a complete sentence as your title.
Also, don't use contractions such as "smb" in your posts. They're used in dictionaries because space is at a premium. Use complete words on the forum. Please edit post #1.

 

[emsr2d2]

When is it okay to used use have somebody doing as a causative form? I heard an example "Soon she had everyone laughing" or and "If you don't listen to me now, I will have you cleaning this room all day".

Soon she had everyone laughing = Soon, everyone was laughing because of something she did/said
... I will have you cleaning this room all day = I will force you to clean this room all day

What is the difference between this construction and "make somebody do something"?

1. I had her laughing.
2. I made her laugh.

In that context, 1 and 2 mean much the same.