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Angliholic  +  522072 Mon, 02 Jun 08 04:15 PM

I don't know how to get this machine to work.

I don't know how to make this machine work.

 

Hi,

Do both of the above convey a similar idea to you? Thanks.
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optilang  +  522074 Mon, 02 Jun 08 04:22 PM
Yes 
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Philip  +  522155 Mon, 02 Jun 08 08:29 PM
I don't know about others, but in the first sentence I feel that there might be something wrong with the machine.  In the second, I simply don't know what to do.  It'll be interesting to see if other native speakers have the same "feeling" I have about it.  Probably not.
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