"To make somebody do something" and "To make somebody to do something" (Is there any difference, please)

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Hello:

I was wondering if someone could tell me the difference between "John made Sarah to leave the room" and "John made Sarah leave the room".

Is there any difference between their meaning or are they the same?

Blue Jay · Accepted Answer

The second is correct. The first doesn't work.

Cool Breeze · Answer

Blue Jay The second is correct. The first doesn't work.

I agree, and so do all grammarians. Whoever wrote the lyrics for Without a Song, which Frank Sinatra recorded, obviously disagrees:

I'll never know what makes the rain to fall
I'll never know what makes that grass so tall
I only know there ain't no love at all
Without a song

CB

Fivejedjon · Answer

Cool BreezeWhoever wrote the lyrics for Without a Song, which Frank Sinatra recorded, obviously disagrees

Is he is or is he ain't wrong?

"To make somebody do something" and "To make somebody to do something" (Is there any difference, please)

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