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Have something/someone do Hi, there Could you please tell me if it sounds odd to use have in these sentences? "have something happen to you". Are those sentences unnatural? "You are more likely to get struck by lightning than to have me marry you."... Should I use "You are mole likely to get struck by lightning than for me to marry you" instead? "You don't want to put the lasagne in the oven and leave it unattended. It's better to stop what you are doing for a few minutes to watch it than to just walk off and have it burn." ... Should I use (...) than to just walk off and let it burn"? "It would be a dream come true to have my children become doctors" And "It would be nice to have my children speak Italian" or "It would be nice if my children spoke Italian"? Please, please, can you help me ?? I beg you. This is really confusing to me Thank you very much!

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The alternatives are much better than the original in the first two examples. In the third one, I would say It would be a dream come true if my children were to become doctors (because it is not your decision to make them doctors) In the final one the alternative is better than 'have my children' because this implies you have the power to do it my yourself.
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All are correct and sound perfectly fine [emoji]

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