I’ll never know what makes the rain to fall. I have read a post about make something to+verb /make something+verb? The answers shows the above sentence is correct, but when I paste it to a grammar checker website, it prompts to delete the infinite "to". So it becomes the following: I’ll never know what makes … Read more
First I like to say that I am not a native speaker and I beg pardon for my ignorance. Usually, I have seen a lot of examples like, "It makes me walk", "Make me understand" etc. This indicates that make/makes + pronoun + Verb(main form). Today I have seen two sentences which are, "It makes … Read more
He makes me do the work. I don’t understand which is the main verb here. I know that “make” is a causative verb in this sentence but which is the main verb? Is it make or do? and which is the main object? Is it me or the work? Answer “do the work” in this … Read more
I’m watching a video about Passive Causative;as of the minute 2:07 there is a sentence written on the board that it’s read as: I am made to shut up Given that he is using the present form of the verb to be, should no be using make instead of made? Also I found that the … Read more
We use the phrase make it happen. But why don’t we use happens since it has the third-person pronoun it? Why not Make it happens Answer This is tough! I think it goes same with let. The only thing I can make out is make or let does not directly involve the third person. Said … Read more
Rewrite it in the passive: "These odds would make a professional player shudder" I would do it as follows:"A professional player would be made shudder by these odds". This sounds clumsy to me, so I’m not sure if I rewrote it correctly. Could you check it? Rewrite these sentences using suitable forms of make: 1."We … Read more
The causative verbs are: “Make, Have and Get” “I made my brother carry my suitcase.” “I had my brother carry my suitcase.” “I got my brother to carry my suitcase.” Why we should use an infinitive form for “get”? What is the rule for using them? Is there any special rule for use of them? … Read more
I had read a sentence in a magazine: Staying connected is what makes the high cost of convenience—an average of $3,300 a year for the Moore’s plan—seem well worth it to them. Should “seem” be replace by “seems”? Since “Staying connected” is a single noun. Answer Seem is not a finite verb, inflected for number, … Read more
I saw this sentence in a book: “If we work together, we will make it possible for the society to provide us with more facilities.” But I had read from a TOEFL structure book that I should avoid using an infinitive or an -ing form of a verb word after a person or thing in … Read more
Even though grammar books says ‘make’ don’t have present participle as its objective complement; this sentence “The potion makes the moths having fluttered and all dead” seems to be not ungrammatical. Because ‘having’ in this sentence is not a present participle but an auxiliary. Is the sentence grammatical or not? Answer It seems that this … Read more
