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TasmanTiger Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

"Make" usage

Hello,

The question is to correct grammatically :

Q : So many presents made her eyes shone . (x)

A : So many presents made her eyes shine . (o)

So many presents made her eyes shining . (?)

I was wondering if "shining" can be used in this case .

Hungry for your advice,
Good day !
TT
  

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Hi Panther ... Tiger Make must be followed by a plain/bare infinitive in the active voice: The presents made her eyes shine . All other verb forms are wrong.

— Cool Breeze

  • Hi Panther ...
  • Tiger Make must be followed by a plain/bare infinitive in the active voice: The presents made her eyes shine .
  • All other verb forms are wrong.
  • If make is in the passive voice , a complete infinitive follows it: They were made to shine their shoes.
  • CB
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Hi Panther... Tiger
Make must be followed by a plain/bare infinitive in the active voice:
The presents made her eyes shine.
All other verb forms are wrong.

If make is in the passive voice, a complete infinitive
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Thank you for your kind reply , Cool Breeze.

However one point still remains for me to understand :

Can "shining" be regarded as Adjective ?

If the word "shining" acts as Adjective , isn't that sentence correct grammatically ?

TT
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TasmanTigerCan "shining" be regarded as Adjective ?
Not in your sentence.

CB
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