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Yog-Sothoth Posted 18 years ago
Vocabulary

More about infinitives

0Mexican kings, when they mounted the throne, swore that they would make the sun to shine, the clouds to give rain, the rivers to flow, and the earth to bring forth fruits in abundance."02br
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00This a sentence taken from "The Golden Bough", by sir James Frazier. The use of the complete infinitive after the verb make surprised me, being used to hearing: "make the sun shine..."02br
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00What about the grammar correctness of this usage?02br
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to' sound fine to me. "Cause" would 01u 00require02u 00 'to', however. 0-

— Philip

  • to' sound fine to me.
  • "Cause" would 01u 00require02u 00 'to', however.
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0 Both 'make' and 'make....to' sound fine to me. "Cause" would 01u00require02u00 'to', however. 0-
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0The complete infinitive is not used anymore in that situation, as far as I know. It sounds very old-fashioned and formal to my ear.02br
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01cite10CalifJim12cite10The complete infinitive is not used anymore in that situation, as far as I know. It sounds 12br
10very old-fashioned and formal12br
10to my ear. 12br
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10 Would you allow 'poetic' or 'lyrical' to be added to the desc
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01cite10Philip12cite10Would you allow 'poetic' or 'lyrical' to be added to the description? I love it! 12blockquote
10Sure. Why not? You make me to laugh, Philip! 05002br
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0Old-fashioned but correct, then. 02br
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00Thank you, guys!0-
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