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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
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The movie is about two British men and 2 American men.
How would you correctly say what the director did?
- The director of the movie made the 2 British out to get along together and made them out to look socially awkward. He made the 2 American look cool.
Thanks
How would you correctly say what the director did?
- The director of the movie made the 2 British out to get along together and made them out to look socially awkward. He made the 2 American look cool.
Thanks
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eg The director of the movie made out that the 2 British men got along together and that they were socially awkward. He made the 2 Americans look cool.
- eg The director of the movie made out that the 2 British men got along together and that they were socially awkward.
- He made the 2 Americans look cool.
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eg The director of the movie made out that the 2 British men got along together and that they were socially awkward. He made the 2 Americans look cool.
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Hi
thanks for the correction Clive.
I had always heard "make someone out to look"
Never had I heard "make out that they look"
Is that standard or do people use
make someone out to look?
thank you very much
thanks for the correction Clive.
I had always heard "make someone out to look"
Never had I heard "make out that they look"
Is that standard or do people use
make someone out to look?
thank you very much
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Tom made out that Mary was a movie star. He made it seem that she was a movie star.
Tom made Mary out to be a movie star. Similar to the above.
The above phrases do not work well when you are using 'look'.
Tom made Mary out to be a movie star. Similar to the above.
The above phrases do not work well when you are using 'look'.
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