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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
which is correct? 1 or 2? why?
1. But still I made it dropped.
2. But still I made it drop.
2. But still I made it drop.
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Depends on your meaning. " (infinitive, "[to] drop") How do you make something drop? You knock it on the floor?
- Depends on your meaning.
- " (infinitive, "[to] drop") How do you make something drop?
- You knock it on the floor?
- ) But still I made it fall.
- (an accident) I was trying to make the kite rise (soar), but still I made it drop.
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Depends on your meaning.
I'm guessing, "But still I made it drop."
(infinitive, "[to] drop")
How do you make something drop? You knock it on the floor? (There are more natural ways to say that.)
But still I made it fall. (an accident)
I was trying to make the kite rise (soar), but still I made it drop.
I'm guessing, "But still I made it drop."
(infinitive, "[to] drop")
How do you make something drop? You knock it on the floor? (There are more natural ways to say that.)
But still I made it fall. (an accident)
I was trying to make the kite rise (soar), but still I made it drop.
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The construction is to make (something) {verb}, with the verb in its base form (without an ending).
made the noise stop
makes my arm ache
make you want more
But to make something drop is to drop it, so it seems that you want to say "But I dropped it anyway".
CJ
made the noise stop
makes my arm ache
make you want more
But to make something drop is to drop it, so it seems that you want to say "But I dropped it anyway".
CJ
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