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Mustafa Al-Tekreeti
Make + verb with no additions(base)

Is it true that "make" needs a verb without additions when it follows it?

e.g. Joey made everything look simlpe. 

e.g. Joey made eveything looked simple.

 

Which one is correct? And why? 

Jul 9, 2015 5:29 PM
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the first one.

because the second verb must always be in the same tense ( the infinitive without "to) or the infinitive depending on the situation

 

He makes everything look easy.

They make everything look easy.

He made it hard to get any work done.

---here makes is a causitive verb.

He makes chairs

--- here it is a regular verb

 

July 31, 2015

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Mustafa Al-Tekreeti
Language Skills
Arabic, English, Japanese, Turkish
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English, Japanese, Turkish
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