"Avoiding socializing makes you be an outcast." or "Avoiding socializing makes you become an outcast." are correct?

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Hello.

In a previous question, I got answers which were the help you gave me.
So very much thankfully, I could get to know sentence A is right and sentence B is wrong.

sentence A.
"Avoiding socializing makes you an outcast."
sentence B.
"Avoiding socializing makes you being an outcast."

But, I would like to obtain your thoughts about other similar sentences which are below.

sentence C.
"Avoiding socializing makes you be an outcast."

sentence D.
"Avoiding socializing makes you become an outcast."

sentence E.
"Avoiding socializing makes you becoming an outcast."

I would like to know whether each of the sentences C to E right or wrong.
It would so much more appreciated if you give some reasons or explanations to why each is so.

AlpheccaStars · Accepted Answer

We have grades in school.
A - excellent, perfect.
B - better than average
C - acceptable
D - unacceptable
F - total failure

Here are my grades for your sentences:

sentence A. Grade A
"Avoiding socializing makes you an outcast."

sentence B. Grade F
"Avoiding socializing makes you being an outcast."

sentence C. Grade D
"Avoiding socializing makes you be an outcast."

sentence D. Grade C
"Avoiding socializing makes you become an outcast."

sentence E. Grade F
"Avoiding socializing makes you becoming an outcast."

Englishmaven · Answer

Sentence E is grammatically incorrect because you should use the base form of the verb rather than the participle. Sentences C and D have a semantic redundancy in them because the implication of "be" or "become" is present in "make." That is so strong in C that "be" sounds odd. Sentence D just sounds wordy, unless it is important to you to express a growing tendency that is understood in the word "become." It sounds more like the change happens over time in sentence D than in sentence A.

I am interested to see other responses to this question.

Smart Humanism · Answer

AlpheccaStarsWe have grades in school.A - excellent, perfect.B - better than averageC - acceptableD - unacceptableF - total failureHere are my grades for your sentences:sentence A. Grade A"Avoiding socializing makes you an outcast."sentence B. Grade F"Avoiding socializing makes you being an outcast."sentence C. Grade D"Avoiding socializing makes you be an outcast."sentence D. Grade C"Avoiding socializing makes you become an outcast."sentence E. Grade F"Avoiding socializing makes you becoming an outcast."

AlpheccaStars, thank you especially for the grades!
It was a wonderful way of telling how proper each sentence is!

Thank you for the teaching.

Smart Humanism · Answer

EnglishmavenSentence E is grammatically incorrect because you should use the base form of the verb rather than the participle. Sentences C and D have a semantic redundancy in them because the implication of "be" or "become" is present in "make." That is so strong in C that "be" sounds odd. Sentence D just sounds wordy, unless it is important to you to express a growing tendency that is understood in the word "become." It sounds more like the change happens over time in sentence D than in sentence A. I am interested to see other responses to this question.

Englishmaven, thank you for the kind, intelligent explanation.

Your explanation taught me in detailed nuances of the expressions.

I could understand not only why each sentence is right or wrong but also how each sentence stands for itself, due to your help.

"Avoiding socializing makes you be an outcast." or "Avoiding socializing makes you become an outcast." are correct?

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