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Latest post Sat, Nov 10 2007 5:10 AM by Grammar Geek. 1 replies.
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Anonymous  +  440795 Sat, 10 Nov 07 03:22 AM

Is this possible to use past participles instead of bare infinitive in a sentence with causative verbs that only accompany bare infinitive?

for example, " They made me worked hard for two hours" - Is this correct? 

I would appreciate it if someone let me know about it.
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Grammar Geek  +  440813 Sat, 10 Nov 07 05:10 AM

No, "They made me worked" is not correct.

"They made me work."
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