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Debpriya De Posted 16 years ago
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Make friendship

What is the most suitable verb to use with "friendship" in the following sentence:
"I decided to stop the war and make/form friendship with the enemy."
We do not generally say "make friendship", do we?
  

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" At the level of countries, we usually say 'make peace with'. We do not generally say "make friendship", do we? No.

  • " At the level of countries, we usually say 'make peace with'.
  • We do not generally say "make friendship", do we?
  • No.
  • At the level of people, we can say 'form a friendship', but the most common term is probably ' make /become friends'.
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Hi,

What is the most suitable verb to use with "friendship" in the following sentence:

"I decided to stop the war and make/form friendship with the enemy."

At the level of countries, we usually say 'make peace with'.

We do not generally say "make friendship", do we?

No.

At the level of people, we can say 'form a friendship', but

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