Friday, November 28, 2014

present participle - Something had me do or Something had me doing something else?

I’m edit­ing a short story and I’ve stum­bled upon a prob­lem. I
fre­quently use struc­tures like:





  • Agony had my in­sides con­vuls­ing.

  • De­feat had me slump­ing into a chair.

  • Fear had my body shak­ing.



My ques­tion is, are these sen­tences cor­rect as writ­ten, or should they
be writ­ten like this:





  • Agony had my in­sides con­vulse.

  • De­feat had me slump into a chair.

  • Fear had my body shake.

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