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Vincent Teo Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

Makes / make up

Can I say,

(a) He makes / makes up his own bed when he wakes up.

(b) He makes up his messy / untidy bed.

(c) He makes his bed clean and tidy.

(d) He makes his bed tidy / neat / neatly.

(e) He makes up his bed from messy.
  

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They re all grammatically correct, but I'd say only (a) and (b) are idiomatic. (c) and (d) could be used with proper context, but I can't imagine anyone using (e), unless it's some unfamiliar coloquialism. Your first pair of sentences represent an idiomatic use of "to make," while your second pair represent a different meaning of "to make," which is not commonly used in connection with bedding.

— Avangi

  • They re all grammatically correct, but I'd say only (a) and (b) are idiomatic.
  • (c) and (d) could be used with proper context, but I can't imagine anyone using (e), unless it's some unfamiliar coloquialism.
  • Your first pair of sentences represent an idiomatic use of "to make," while your second pair represent a different meaning of "to make," which is not commonly used in connection with bedding.
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They re all grammatically correct, but I'd say only (a) and (b) are idiomatic.

(c) and (d) could be used with proper context, but I can't imagine anyone using (e), unless it's some unfamiliar coloquialism.

Your first pair of sentences represent an idiomatic use of "to make," while your second pair represent a different meaning of "to make," which is not commonly used in connecti
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