English term
make realize
http://www.someecards.com/usercards/viewcard/MjAxMi1iZjlhMjI...
"It's people like you that make realize how much I hate people like you."
I'm wondering though if it's grammatically correct. Is it really good English to say "make realize" without an explicit object?
Thanks for your help.
4 +13 | It's wrong | DLyons |
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Responses
It's wrong
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Jim Tucker (X)
: make me realize
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Thanks Jim. Yes, depends on what the subject is.
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Kim Metzger
: Make - transitive - to cause someone or something to be in a particular state or to change to another state make someone do something: This film always makes me cry. http://www.macmillandictionary.com/dictionary/british/make
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Thanks Kim.
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Tony M
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Thanks Tony.
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Terry Richards
: but in this case it's "make me realize" because "people like you" is plural / ooops, just noticed that Jim said the same thing.
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Thanks Terry. Yes, indeed.
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Mark Nathan
: to make someone realize something
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Thanks Mark.
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Jack Doughty
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Thanks Jack.
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Sheila Wilson
43 mins
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Thanks Sheila.
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LJC (X)
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Thanks Lesley.
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jccantrell
: Oh, yes, you have to have that 'me' in there.
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Thanks jccantrell.
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Charles Davis
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Thanks Charles.
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trsk2000 (X)
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Thanks trsk2000.
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Arabic & More
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Thanks Amel.
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Phong Le
1 day 1 hr
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Thanks Phong Le.
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Discussion
"So pleased at your exam success/You gave your all and nothing less/You get out what you put in, it's true/No-one deserves it more than you."
My sympathy for the poor texter who probably earns a starving wage churning out these rhymes, especially when the front of the card has in large letters:
"WELL DONE ON YOU'RE EXAM PASS".