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Anonymous  #513696  Wed, 14 May 08 07:27 PM

Hi,

The earthquake caused the house to collapse.

Does it sound natural to say 'The earthquake made the house collapse'? Do the two sentences mean the same? Thanks.
  
Marius Hancu  #513727  Wed, 14 May 08 09:52 PM
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Anonymous  #514170  Thu, 15 May 08 08:59 PM

Thank you ,Marius. Does 'made' sound natural in the context?

"The earthquake made the house collapse."

 
  
Anonymous  #514872  Sat, 17 May 08 03:04 PM

Hi,

Could  anyone please answer my question above? And I have  another example here:

The flood made the building to sink.

Can I use 'made' here? Does it sound natural?

Thanks.
  
Clive  #514881  Sat, 17 May 08 03:21 PM

Hi,

Could  anyone please answer my question above? Yes, it sounds fine.

And I have  another example here:

The flood made the building to sink.

Can I use 'made' here? Does it sound natural? 'Made' is fine, but you need to omit 'to'. The grammar is make + bare infinitive. 

I don''t think 'sink' is the word you want here. It sounds like the flood made the building go down into the ground.

Best wishes, Clive
  
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Anonymous  #514968  Sat, 17 May 08 07:43 PM

Clive

I don''t think 'sink' is the word you want here. It sounds like the flood made the building go down into the ground.

Hi Clive,

Thank you for correcting my grammar mistake and your help. I just wanted to express that the flood made the building go down to a lower lever or postition, so I used 'sink' here. Does it sound wrong?

Thank you very much.
  
Clive  #514971  Sat, 17 May 08 07:49 PM

Hi,

In that case, it sounds more or less OK, but a better word is 'subside'.

Clive
  
Anonymous  #514991  Sat, 17 May 08 09:12 PM

Hi Clive,

Thank you very much for your answer. Do you mean if a building sinks;  the whole building goes down into the ground and out of sight? Or part of the building goes down into the ground?

Thanks.
  
Clive  #515019  Sat, 17 May 08 11:31 PM

Hi,

Either.

Clive
  
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