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Teo Posted 19 years ago
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make/let

0Can you ___ him leave? I don't like him. (A) make (B) let (C) had (D) bring02br
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00The given answer is A. Could anyone please tell me what's wrong with choice B?0-
  

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0 Can you make him leave = I humbly request that you force him to leave.02br
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00Can you let him leave = I humbly request that you let him leave if he so desires.02br
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00Choice B is incorrect because you don't like him.0-
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0 Hi Teo02br
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00Answer A basically means "Can you please force him to leave?" (In other words, "I want you to cause his departure." 05000)02br
00Answer B would mean "Can you please allow him to leave?"02br
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00Is that enough explanation?010id1
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0Hi, Teo.02br
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00Can we say that "make" follows the will of the subject while "let" follows the will of the object?02br
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00If you make somebody leave, you want and ask him to leave. He may not be willing to leave.02br
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00If you let somebody leave, he is the one that desires to leave but he may needs your permission out of co
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0I got it. Thank you. 0-
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0 If you don't like someone, you01b00 make/force 02b00that person to leave, as you don't want them around. 02br
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00 B doesn't work. 0-
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