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Dileepa Posted 6 years ago
Grammar

How to use passive form with "make" to express obligations

I found the following sentence on a website. What I cannot understand is why they have used "to" before the verb. I mean, in the active voice, we often write someone makes someone do something, not to do something. Therefore, I would be tremendously pleased, if someone could let me know whether this is a mistake and, if not, what the grammar points are associated with this construction.


Children should be made to do more around the house.

  

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dileepa Children should be made The sentence is correct, and very common. Here is the active voice: Parents should make their children do more around the house. It uses the bare infinitives, make and do .

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  • dileepa Children should be made The sentence is correct, and very common.
  • Here is the active voice: Parents should make their children do more around the house.
  • It uses the bare infinitives, make and do .
  • Make is an causative verb, followed by the bare infinitive.
  • This also has a passive form, which is the sentence you found.
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dileepaChildren should be made

The sentence is correct, and very common.

Here is the active voice:

Parents should make their children do more around the house.

It uses the bare infinitives, make and do. Make is an causative verb, followed by the bare infinitive.

This also has a passive form, which is the sen

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Causatives

make, have, and let do not take "to" when used in the active voice.
help can take or not take "to" optionally when used in the active voice.

make, let, and help take "to" when used in the passive voice ({be} made to, {be} let to, {be} helped to), where {be} is any form of be (be, being, is, are, etc.).

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