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    Default Tom made her a chair.

    Tom has a daughter.
    One day, Her old chair was broken.
    So he made a chair and gave it to her.
    We can say,
    s1. Tom made her a chair.(or Tom made a chair for her.)

    Tom is a wizard and he is somewhat wicked.
    He has a daughter and she is a troublemaker.
    Recently, she caused a trouble.
    He wanted to punish her by magic.
    So he cast a spell on her and turned her into a chair.
    We can say,
    s2. Tom made her a chair.

    Both s1 and s2 can be grammatically right?
    Should they be understood by context?
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    Default Re: Tom made her a chair.

    #2 is not natural, in my opinion.
    Rover_KE and pseudo like this.
    Context is important. Please provide enough for us to be able to deal effectively with your question.
    Your thread title should include all or part of the word/phrase being discussed.
    If you just want to know the meaning of a word, try OneLook Dictionary Search first.


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    Default Re: Tom made her a chair.

    Thank you for your reply.

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