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Originally Posted by rajlakh  Dear sir,
I can make the picture colourful.
I can make my home clean.
In the above sentence pattern, the sentences end with adjective.
I can make you laugh
I can make you cry.
In the above sentence pattern, the sentences end with verb.
Why the sentences vary while they look in similar pattern?
If the above four sentences are correct, how to use correct parts of speech(verb/adj).
If anyone of the above sentences is not correct please correct it. |
The first set of sentences uses "resultative adjectives". These are little unusual, because they occur after the nouns they modify (postpositive). Some call them object complements.
A resultative adjective describes a change in an object caused by the action of the verb. Some examples:
The chef cooked the staeks rare. (result = rare steaks)
The man painted the fence red. (result = red fence).
Notice the difference if you use the adjectives prepositively.
The chef cooked the rare steaks. (How were they cooked when he was done? Who cooked the other steaks?)
The man painted the red fence. (What color is it now?)
In the second set of sentences, the terminal verb is a bare infinitive. These infinitives are object complements. As with resultative adjectives, these complements describe a change produced in the object. A similar construction is used with the verb "let".
Let him go.
Let him complete the project.