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Anonymous Posted 3 years ago
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It makes juries reluctant

The death penalty doesn’t work. It makes juries reluctant to convict so guilty parties get off.

From the Twitter forum.

Is the verb "makes" a causative one in the sentence above?

  

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anonymous The death penalty doesn’t work. It makes juries reluctant to convict so guilty parties get off. From the Twitter forum.

— CalifJim

  • anonymous The death penalty doesn’t work.
  • It makes juries reluctant to convict so guilty parties get off.
  • From the Twitter forum.
  • Is the verb "makes" a causative one in the sentence above?
  • Yes and no.
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anonymous

The death penalty doesn’t work. It makes juries reluctant to convict so guilty parties get off.

From the Twitter forum.

Is the verb "makes" a causative one in the sentence above?

Yes and no.

'makes' = 'causes', so that

It makes juries reluctant ~ It causes juries to become reluctant.

In that sense, '

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