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Anewcomer Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

make someone ---ed

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00Can I say: to make someone (him/her/me/you) hated/talked or any verb-ed (by someone)02br
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0Hi,02br
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01font00Can I say: to make someone (him/her/me/you) hated/talked or any verb-ed (by someone)02font02br
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00It depends on the verb.02br
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00You can say 'It made Tom 01b00hated 02b00by everyone' because you can say 'Everyone hated Tom'.02br
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0I think you can put any verb but do not add 'ed'. For example,02br
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00Shut up! Don't make him shoot us!02br
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00Don't make me regret giving you freedom.02br
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00Don't make me look like an idiot!02br
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00Make him love you and then dump him as revenge 02br
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00(Clive's post wasn't t
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0 Hi New2Grammar02br
00I'm fully aware that "make + bare infinitive" is the most commonly used but it doesn't give the same intention as "make+ someone " 0-
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0 Clive, so from your example I'd take it that most of the verb-ed can be used in that kind of context but without the prepositions0-
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0Hi,02br
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00I didn't say that.02br
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00Would you like to write and post some sentences, and I can check them for you?02br
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00Best wishes, Clive0-
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0The construction 01i00to make [someone] [past participle]02i00 is not very productive in English.02br
00The reason is that it is, in most contexts, just a roundabout way of use the verb in its active form.02br
00We don't say that we made the workers equipped with safety goggles; we say that we equipped the workers with safety goggles.02br


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