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Anthon Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

He makes it sound like ship (?)

Hi i'm confused with this phrase " He makes it sound like ship."
why isn't there a "s" at the end of the word "sound"

e.g: He makes it sounds like ship

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Hmmm... A ship doesn't sound like anything, does it? Anyway, sound is not a present tense form of the verb, it's an infinitive without to .

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  • Hmmm...
  • A ship doesn't sound like anything, does it?
  • Anyway, sound is not a present tense form of the verb, it's an infinitive without to .
  • English just has so few verb forms that they are often the same.
  • Sound is an infinitive because make , which is a present tense, must be followed by an infinitive.
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Hmmm... A ship doesn't sound like anything, does it? Anyway, sound is not a present tense form of the verb, it's an infinitive without to. English just has so few verb forms that they are often the same. Sound is an infinitive because make, which is a present tense, must be followed by an infinitive. Make in the active voice
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Ok I get it. But how about this "He comes to laugh at me being a waitress" and " He causes her to cry" This is in active voice,isn't it ? but it uses "to" if this is right , so it means it's not fixed in the case of active voice without "to". Am I right?

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AnthonOk I get it. But how about this "He comes to laugh at me being a waitress" and " He causes her to cry" This is in active voice,isn't it ? but it uses "to" if this is right , so it means it's not fixed in the case of active voice without "to". Am I right? Thanks
Read again what I wrote. I was dealing with make, no other verb. I'm not quite sure
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