CalifJim

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My Assumption:

1) It makes my hair look presentable and neater. I thought that hair is plural so i never add a "S" behind the "look".

2) It makes my son think that he is rich. Why is it that my son is 1 person so shouldn't we use thinks instead? It makes my son thinks that he is rich.

Question: When would i use infinitive and when i would use plural and singular?

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Your assumptions are wrong. hair is singular:

Your hair looks neat.  Your hair seems very presentable.  My hair gets dirty easily.

I don't think you understood my response earlier.  Certain combinations of verbs (with a noun or pronoun between them) follow a rule different from what you might expect.  For example, make and let are like this:

make + [N/P] + [VERB]

let + [N/P] + [VERB]

You can add s to the first verb, or change its tense, but not the second.

makes my hair look   (not looks)

lets his son go          (not goes)

made the bread rise   (not rises, not rose)

CJ

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Hi,

I understand your examples.

So is this rule called infinitives?

The bikes make the car move slower. 

orshould it be:

The bikes make the car moves slower.

Clive

“ Hi,

 

Here's your original question.

It makes my hair look presentable and neater.

 

Why is it hair look and not hair looks?

 

I said

Consider this example.

At 6pm, Mary decided to cook dinner.

 

My point is this. You don't add an 's' to 'look' for the same reason that you don't add an 'ed' to 'cook'.

 

In the above examples, both 'look' and 'cook' are infinitives.

Some verbs, like 'decide', require the infinitive with 'to'. Others, like 'make', require the infinitive without 'to'. But either way, it is an infinitive. Infinitives don't take inflected endings like 's' or 'ed'.

 

Does this answer your original question, or do you need more explanation?

 

Clive

 

 

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Yes, it answer my question. I understand perfectly. Thanks Clive! :)