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Sft M Posted 11 years ago
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out of

1) Nobody can make a fool out of them.
2) He always makes fun out of Hans' work.

What's the function of this "out of"? And what if I would only say--

1)Nobody can make fool them.
2)He always makes fun of Hans' work.
  

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sft M 1) Nobody can make a fool out of them. 'out' is unnecessary. Nobody can make a fool of them.

  • sft M 1) Nobody can make a fool out of them.
  • 'out' is unnecessary.
  • Nobody can make a fool of them.
  • Nobody can make fool them is wrong.
  • sft M 2) He always makes fun out of Hans 's work.
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sft M1) Nobody can make a fool out of them.
'out' is unnecessary. Nobody can make a fool of them.

Nobody can make fool them is wrong.
sft M2) He always makes fun out of Hans's work.
'out' is wrong. He always makes fun of Hans's work.
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