"He made me down" sounds ok to say "He made me sad"? If not, why so?
Hello, I'm a newbie to this forum and I've been wondering if the sentence below is gramatically correct, and if not, pls explain the reason linguistically.
(I'm not a native English speaker.)
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He made me down. (X)
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To my knowledge, "He MADE me sad, He LET me down, He GOT me down" are all gramatically perfect. And, these sentences in all have
< causative verb+objective+adjective>patterns. Then, why is it wrong or does it sound unnatural saying "He made me down" to imply
"He mad me sad"? (I've never heard "He made me down")
Thank you in advance.
Top answer
Julien Shinn pls please explain We don't like texting abbreviations on our English forum. Julien Shinn "He MADE me sad, He LET me down, He GOT me down" are all gramatically perfect. Correct.
- Julien Shinn pls please explain We don't like texting abbreviations on our English forum.
- Julien Shinn "He MADE me sad, He LET me down, He GOT me down" are all gramatically perfect.
- Correct.
- Julien Shinn Then, why is it wrong or does it sound unnatural saying "He made me down" to imply "He mad me sad"?
- (I've never heard "He made me down") Such "why" questions seldom have a logical answer.
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Julien Shinnplsplease explain
We don't like texting abbreviations on our English forum.
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