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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
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Do English native speakers say this way,"make sb not do sth"? Here is an example,

The heavy rain stopped us from playing football. Can it be like : The heavy rain made us not play footabll. ?
  

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Nice try, but no. You can't have 'make someone not do something'. You can only have '[keep / prevent] someone from doing something'.

— CalifJim

  • Nice try, but no.
  • You can't have 'make someone not do something'.
  • You can only have '[keep / prevent] someone from doing something'.
  • That's how you formulate the opposite.
  • They made us sit on the floor.
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Nice try, but no. Emotion: smile

You can't have 'make someone not do something'.

You can only have '[keep / prevent] someone fr
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AnonymousDo English native speakers say this way,"make sb not do sth"? Here is an example,The heavy rain stopped us from playing football. Can it be like : The heavy rain made us not play footabll. ?
Yes, you can say "make sb not do sth".

I just noticed CalifJim
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The fact that he lied before makes me not trust him.

Those two things made the jury not believe her.

Only something very unexpected and serious would make us not continue.

and the following examples from the internet.....

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