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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Made her 'gone' vs. 'go'

Jenny's lack of interest in life made her dead and gone, so to speak.

Is the sentence above correct?
Is it ok to use 'gone' above as an adjective after the verb 'made'? I read from another thread that 'made' should be followed by the infinitive 'go', i.e. ...made her dead and go... I wonder if this applies in all cases. Kindly explain.
  

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Made her go is certainly grammatically correct, but it doesn't have the same meaning and I find it impossible to use in your sentence. Gone may be ungrammatical in this context but if enough people use it for long enough, it becomes an idiom . Many idioms are grammatically very odd.

— Cool Breeze

  • Made her go is certainly grammatically correct, but it doesn't have the same meaning and I find it impossible to use in your sentence.
  • Gone may be ungrammatical in this context but if enough people use it for long enough, it becomes an idiom .
  • Many idioms are grammatically very odd.
  • That is one of the reasons they are called idioms!
  • CB
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Made her go is certainly grammatically correct, but it doesn't have the same meaning and I find it impossible to use in your sentence. Gone may be ungrammatical in this context but if enough people use it for long enough, it becomes an idiom. Many idioms are grammatically very odd. That is one of the reasons they are called idioms!
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Thank you, CB, for your explanations. I really appreciate it.

I see if it were an idiom, it would be OK. However, do you think the word 'gone' can also be used as an adjective? I believe the word 'dead' in my original sentence is an adjective. Therefore, in 'dead and gone', I would say 'gone' is an adjective as well. I'm not sure about this, though.
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AnonymousWould you say I should use 'gone' instead of 'go'?
Definitely, because it makes sense in the sentence. Many people may not like it but if it helps to alleviate your "pains", I'll add that slang and exceptional English are mostly created by inventive people who are not afraid to break the accepted rules of grammar.
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Okay, thank you for your clarification. I really appreciate it.
Cool BreezeWho says you always have to abide by standards set by others?
I completely agree with you on this. However, I believe in formal writing, it's much stricter.
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My two cents.

made her dead is highly unusual, whether and gone is added or not. The normal phrase is killed her.

CJ
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