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Grammar: usage of "have".

Asked by misty123 (407points) October 3rd, 2013

I am wondering about the usage of have. See the below conversation between a native and a non native English speakers.

Native speaker:

Q: Do you have the latest software installed or Have you had the latest software installed?
A: Yes, I do or I have.

Non native speaker:

Q: Have you installed the latest software?
A: Yes, I have.

My question is about the first question asked by a native speaker, why is the auxiliary verb “have” being used like a passive sentence as if the person himself/herself has installed the software? I hear such type of sentences almost every day.

By the same token,

Did you have the latest build(software version) installed? Or I have it(machine) set up

We can use have in causative type passive structures.

EG: I have just had my hair cut.

Anyone help me with this.

Thanks in advance.

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