we have someone sit with us" or "We have someone seated with us"?

[tufguy]

You shouldn't have seated your son with you to watch that movie because it is an A rated movie.

Do we say "we have someone sit with us" or "We have someone seated with us"?

 

[emsr2d2]

You shouldn't have seated your son with you to watch that movie because it is an A-rated movie.

Do we say "We have someone sit with us" or "We have someone seated with us"?

Both are possible but neither of them really fits the context. We'd say "You shouldn't have let your son watch that movie because it's A-rated". Did you write the original sentence yourself?

 

[tufguy]

Both are possible but neither of them really fits the context. We'd say "You shouldn't have let your son watch that movie because it's A-rated". Did you write the original sentence yourself?

Yes I did.

 

[emsr2d2]

We usually use "seated with" for things like dining tables. After a wedding meal (confusingly known as a wedding breakfast), I might say "We were seated with a family from New York. They were lovely". Using "seated with" makes it clear that someone else decided on the seating arrangements. That person basically put us at the same table as the family from New York.