use of the causative form in 「誰に何言わせる気もないよ！　しゃんとしてろ！」


I came across this statement:

> 誰に何言わせる気もないよ！ しゃんとしてろ！

from the context I believe it roughly translates to:

> don't let what anyone says bother you! hold your head high/ keep your chin
> up!

my question is if this translation is valid why use the causative form and why
not use 誰にでも.




> 「誰{だれ}に何{なに}[言]{い}わせる気{き}もないよ！」
>
> from the context I believe it roughly translates to:
>
> "Don't let what anyone says bother you!"

I am afraid that that is not what it means. No sure where you get the negative
imperative form "Don't let ~~~~"

The original sentence is a regular negative **statement** , not an imperative.

> "I have no intention of letting anyone/people/others say anything!"

It is indeed causative as it talks about not allowing others to say something.

> why not use 誰にでも?

Because that just will not fit the context. 「誰にでも」 means "anyone" only in the
context of saying "anyone can do ~~", "anyone could understand ~~", etc.

You could, however, use 「誰にも」 without a 「で」 if you changed 「何」 to 「何も」 and
「気も」 to 「気は」. The double-も is quite common and grammatical, but not triple-も.

