1 The noises made me distracted.
2 The noises let me distracted.
3 The noises made me be distracted.
4 The noises let me be distracted.
5 Don't make me distracted.
6 Don't let me distracted.
7 Don't let me be distracted.
Are all seven sentences correct? (I'm only sure of #1 and #5.)
Thank you in advance.
The simplest versions are:
The noises distracted me.
Don't distract me.
Thanks a lot, 5jj. And does your answer mean that all my sentences are grammatically correct, only too complicated?
Thank you again.
Only 2 and 6 are ungrammatical. in 1-5, the meaning is not what you have in mind. Consider this example: 'The children's behaviour is very bad. It's driving me to distraction.' Distraction is a loss of cognitive faculty. If a noise 'makes you distracted' it's probably supposed to mean what 5jj suggested; it could conceivably mean it's driving you mad. ('To distraction' is the more common form, as in my example; 'distracted', in this sense, is usually qualified by a source of the madness -'distracted with fear/hunger/frustration...'. No. 7 has a very strange/unlikely meaning - 'protect me from distraction'. Take 5jj's advice.
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Last edited by BobK; 10-Nov-2011 at 12:41. Reason: 5jj beat me to it