It all made...
It all made an agreement with them to cooperate fully at all times seem impossible.
Is the sentence above grammatical? Is it a causative construction (made [....] seem)?
Top answer
This is not a valid sentence. It is not possible to get people to cooperate with you fully at all times. And trying to get an agreement with people for them to cooperate fully with you at all times?
- This is not a valid sentence.
- It is not possible to get people to cooperate with you fully at all times.
- And trying to get an agreement with people for them to cooperate fully with you at all times?
- Who would agree to something like that?
- And the words "seem" and "impossible" cannot be joined together like this.
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This is not a valid sentence. It is not possible to get people to cooperate with you fully at all times. And trying to get an agreement with people for them to cooperate fully with you at all times? Who would agree to something like that? And the words "seem" and "impossible" cannot be joined together like this. "Seem" implies uncertainty, while "impossible" leaves no room for uncertaint
0tkacka15It all made an agreement with them to cooperate fully at all times seem impossible.
Is the sentence above grammatical?
Yes.
tkacka15Is it a causative construction (made [....] seem)?
Yes.
CJ
0The given sentence is theoretically grammatical, but not realistic. If someone asked you to agree to cooperate fully with them at all times, would you agree to do that?
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