Make > (Verb + Verb)

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Make > (Verb + Verb)

Postby moly » Fri Aug 15, 2008 7:48 pm

The verb Make is followed by infinitive without to:
The photograph makes me look about 80!

Common Learner Error:
Remember that if you use Make with the meaning 'cause something' or 'force something to do something' then you need to use the pattern blow:

Make + Object + Infinitive without to

The exception to this rule is when Make is in the passive, when you must use 'to' with the infinitive:

The prisoners were made to clean out their cells.
People like to be made to be important.
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