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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Made sth go or gone

You made my worries go.
You made my worries gone.

Which one above is correct?
If both are possible, what is the difference?
If I added 'away' after 'go' and 'gone', would it be correct?
  

Top answer

Hi, You made my worries go . Correct. 'Made' needs to be followed by the infinitve, which is 'go'.

  • Hi, You made my worries go .
  • Correct.
  • 'Made' needs to be followed by the infinitve, which is 'go'.
  • You made my worries gone .
  • No.
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Hi,

You made my worries go. Correct. 'Made' needs to be followed by the infinitve, which is 'go'.

You made my worries gone. No. You need the infinitive, not the past participle.

Which one above is correct?

If both are possible, what is the difference?

If I added 'away' after 'go' and 'gone', would it be
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Thank you very much, Clive, for the answer and explanations.

Just an additional question, I read the following but I'm not sure if it was written by a native speaker. Is the past participle "disappointed" here also incorrect?

Loosing the battle made her disappointed.
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If "disappointed" is acceptable, why is 'gone' not possible?
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Hi again,

Just an additional question, I read the following but I'm not sure if it was written by a native speaker. Is the past participle "disappointed" here also incorrect?

Loosing the battle made her disappointed.

'Disappointed' here is used as an adjective.

You can't use 'gone' as an adjective.



Think of it this way.

You c
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Hi Clive,

Thank you, again, for that clarification.

In other cases, is it not possible to use 'gone' as an adjective, meaning 'left'? In the example below, I think 'gone' is an adjective like 'dead'. I'm not sure, though.
If it's not possible, then we really can't use it with "make sth gone".


Fortunately I'll be dead and gone long before the

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