Stop it or make it stop
I heard the sentence "make it stop" in a movie. In the movie, a machine was running loudly and a guy told another guy that sentence, but I am really confused:
1) shoud it be "stop it",
2) what is the difference between "make it stop" and "stop it",
3) and is "to stop something" causative?
Thank you.
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anonymous I heard the sentence "make it stop" in a movie. In the movie, a machine was running loudly and a guy told another guy that sentence, but I am really confused: 1) shou l d it be "stop it", [If you hear it in a movie from a character who is supposed to be a native speaker of English, it's not likely that what is said "should" be something else. There is no point in questioning such things.
- anonymous I heard the sentence "make it stop" in a movie.
- In the movie, a machine was running loudly and a guy told another guy that sentence, but I am really confused: 1) shou l d it be "stop it", [If you hear it in a movie from a character who is supposed to be a native speaker of English, it's not likely that what is said "should" be something else.
- There is no point in questioning such things.
- ] 3) and is "to stop something" causative?
- ] Thank you.
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anonymousI heard the sentence "make it stop" in a movie. In the movie, a machine was running loudly and a guy told another guy that sentence, but I am really confused:
1) should it be "stop it",
[If you hear it in a movie from a character who is supposed to be a native speaker of Engli
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