Could make know vs make known
In a movie called (mechanic) subtitle a lady asked a guy to do her job but the guy denied and she threatened saying that
My principals could make that known to certain interested parties.
Now why did she say known why not know please explain with some examples thank you.
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Liton Das make that known make that so that [ it is known to certain people] passive = make it so that [certain people know that] active In most cases you can think of make (something) known (to somebody) as an idiom for tell (somebody) (something) . I make it known to him that I felt cheated. ~ I told him that I felt cheated.
- Liton Das make that known make that so that [ it is known to certain people] passive = make it so that [certain people know that] active In most cases you can think of make (something) known (to somebody) as an idiom for tell (somebody) (something) .
- I make it known to him that I felt cheated.
- ~ I told him that I felt cheated.
- Another way to look at it: In make that known that is a fact, a piece of information, so it's make that information known .
- Only people know things.
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Liton Dasmake that known
make that so that [it is known to certain people]passive
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make it so that [certain people know that]active
In most cases you can think of make (something) known (to somebody) as
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