A sentence of "makes me interested" for your great help!

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Dear Teachers

I need your helpful opinion.
I have learned about “1.I am angry with you”. We can make that as another way “ 2.You make me angry”, In other words I still think “1. I am angry with you”=“2.You make me angry”. Is my idea right?
I think because we can not find the verb form of “anger “ in English. So use make + emotional adjective is good way to make sentence 1= sentence 2
Another Eg. I am happy with you.= You make me happy. Maybe both are not exactly same thing.

But these days I am confused as below that breaks my idea about something as above my stable thoughts , please see as below…
1. This picture interests me very much.
2. I am much interested in this picture.
3. This picture makes me much interested.

I am sure sentence 1= sentence 2 and they are interchangeable.
Someone who is Chinese say as below on website
If we can use the verb "interest" + someone
We avoid using the verb "make" (see sentence 3)
Is that true? I am very wondering whether sentence 3 is grammatical but it's not used commonly in native speaker?

Thanks a lot

AlpheccaStars · Accepted Answer

Hi Jacky;

I'll try to give a native speaker's opinion.

1) "make me angry". The verb make means causing something. There is a reason for this.
You made me angry when you scratched my car with your key. (An action you did in the past caused me to feel angry.)
I am (still) angry with you. (That is how I feel about you. )

Habitual action (present tense)
You make me angry when you come in late for dinner.
You came in late for dinner today, so I am angry with you.

2) You make me happy.
No specific reason. I love you. Your personality is wonderful. I am always happy when I am with you.

3) This picture makes me much interested. (Not natural or grammatical.)

Interest is not an emotion. It is not a feeling that I have. It is a relationship between me and an object. It is caused by my own activity, not the activity of someone or something.

I like to read this book. It is interesting to me. I am interested in this book.
I like to look at this picture. It is interesting to me.

Reading one chapter in this book makes me want to read more.
Reading one page in this book makes me interested in reading more.
Looking at this picture makes me want to look more.
Looking at this picture makes me interested in learning more about it.

Jacky56Lin · Answer

AlpheccaStars3) This picture makes me much interested. (Not natural or grammatical.)

Thank you very much for great answer. Now I've got some thought.
I want to make sure if sentence "1. This picture interests me very much." and
sentence "2. I am much interested in this picture , both are natural and grammatical, right?
and "Looking at this picture makes me interested " less natural and grammatical than "Looking at this picture makes me interested in learning more about it.", right?

And Your eg. sentence: "Looking at this picture makes me want to look more." Here the verb "makes" mean to cause me to do something and not mean "force me to do something" right?

Thanks again.

AlpheccaStars · Answer

"1. This picture interests me very much." It is OK, but this form is not as common as "I am ~~much~~ very interested in this picture."
If I am shopping for a picture to buy, I might use #1. If I am in a museum, looking at art, I tend to use #2.

and "Looking at this picture makes me interested " less natural and grammatical than "Looking at this picture makes me interested in learning more about it.", right?

yes. A person can be interested in another person, an activity, etc.

In active voice sentences, the verb "interest" Interest is a transitive verb, and must have an object:
Murder mysteries interest me.
This Rolls Royce automobile interests him.

If we change to passive voice, we get:
I am interested in murder mysteries.
He is interested in a Rolls Royce automobile.

In passive voice sentences, notice the subject (eg . "X") is necessary in the precious sentence, so the phrase "in X" is almost as necessary as the subject in the active voice sentence.

There is an exception, such as this conversation.

A: I've been looking for a good used car. My old car is worn out.
B: I'm looking too. I was at Joe's Car Sales only yesterday. I saw a great convertible there. It had been reduced in price. (pause)
A: OK, OK, I'm really interested. What's the deal? Tell me more.

A is interested in what B is saying. A wants to learn more.

Jacky56LinAnd Your eg. sentence: "Looking at this picture makes me want to look more." Here the verb "makes" mean to cause me to do something and not mean "force me to do something" right?

Make can mean force, but usually the person has a choice not to do it.
A little boy's favorite excuse for doing something he shouldn't have is "My brother made me do it!"

You make me angry. - I can chose (or learn) to control my emotions and not get angry.

Anonymous · Answer

Hi Teacher AlpheccaStars
I am Jacky56lin

, I don't know why I can't log in. I try and try but still same result. so I answer you as an anonymous user.
After studying your explanation now I am more clear about the usage.
Would you mind my asking another question?
A grammar book in Chinese says: when decorating participle we need notice that some rule to tell from is
the adv.“ very” and “much”
1. “much” is used for decorating Past Participle and “ very” is used for Present Participle . Mostly speaking That is a rule. eg. a very interesting bird. a very exciting movie , much interested , much bored. much excited.
but there are some exception Eg I am ~~much~~ very tired.
I wonder if the sentence you correct for me as "I am ~~much~~ very interested in this picture." Is same exception?

Thank you very much again!

AlpheccaStars · Answer

AnonymousI am Jacky56lin , I don't know why I can't log in. I try and try but still same result. so I answer you as an anonymous user.

Other members have trouble logging in with Internet Explorer 9. If you use Firefox, you should not have a problem. Try clearing the cookies. That usually works for me.

A grammar book in Chinese says: when modifying ~~decorating~~ participles we need to notice that there are some rules about
the adverbs “ very” and “much”

here is a usage note from: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/very

Past participles that have become established as adjectives can, like most English adjectives, be modified by the adverb very
These are correct:

I am very excited. The film is very exciting.
I am very interested. The book is very interesting.
I am very bored. The teacher is very boring.
I am very tired. The work is very tiring.
She was very disappointed. Her performance was very disappointing.
We are very concerned about the baby's health.

Very does not modify past participles that are clearly verbal, but very can be used together with another appropriate adverb; for example,
X The lid was very sealed is not OK,
The lid was very tightly sealed. is OK
X The job was very finished. is not OK,
The job was very quickly finished. OK
X The task was very done.
The task was very well done. OK
X The wall was very built.
The wall was very solidly built. OK

The past participles which are clearly verbal can be modified by adverbs such as much, greatly, seriously, or excessively: he has been much (not very ) inconvenienced; she has been excessively criticized

Here are some examples with much + past participle. Often we use very much + pp.

Neil Armstrong was (very) much admired for his quiet manner.
The issues on abortion are much debated in the US.
Internet access speed has been much improved since the new cable was laid.
Joe gets some much needed exercise when he plays golf.
We were very much relieved to find that our friend was safe.
The tree was very much weakened by the strong wind.
George was very much opposed to his wife's ideas.
Faith in the courts is not strong and the legal system is much criticized.

Some past participles seem to be changing - becoming more established as adjectives:
The rumours of the PC's death are greatly exaggerated. (verbal)
** Those statistics are very exaggerated. (adjectival)
The emptiness of interplanetary space has been much exaggerated. (verbal)

** Some teachers who feel strongly about traditional grammar might object to using "verbal" participles with "very". But the language changes.

Anonymous · Answer

Wow! Wow! wow!

You do teach me a good lesson.
Though I have not finished studying all of your though , I can't wait to appriciate you deeply.

Thank you very much AlpheccaStars !

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