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Old 14-Jun-2007, 20:13
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Default "Make up for" or "Makes up for"
Hi! I was wondering if in the phrase "I hope that its beauty make up for the trouble", the phrasal verb "make up" should be "makes up". Thanks.
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Old 14-Jun-2007, 20:56
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makes up for - mind the verb-noun agreement (it is the subject, noun singular)
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Old 14-Jun-2007, 22:11
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I would have thought "beauty" was the subject.
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yes, I was wrong. probably too much in a hurry...
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