He made it safer to go.

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Is this sentence possible?
1. He made to go safer.
 

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No, it doesn't make sense without an object.
 

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Bear in mind that you're going to have to add more than just one word to make a grammatical sentence out of that.
 

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Bear in mind that you're going to have to add more than just one word to make a grammatical sentence out of that.
What does it mean to add more than just one word?
I'd appreciate it if you could explain it with an example.
 

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Tedmc pointed out that you need an object, which I thought might suggest to you that you needed to add just one word to "He made to go safer" grammatical. For example, you might have thought that "He made Austria to go safer" might work. It wouldn't. The word order you used in your title is correct. The word order in your post is wrong.
 

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Please tell us in what context you want to say 'He made it safer to go'.
 

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He made it safer to go to school on foot.
 

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I was wondering how eastman wanted to use it.
 

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In fact, I wanted to know if I can use "to infinitive" in the object position.
In the sentence above, it means to go.
As a beginner in English, while learning English grammar, I'm solving my questions.
Your explanation is very helpful.
Thank you very much.
 

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I want to know if I can use "to infinitive" in the object position.
"it" in the title means "to infinitive(to go ...)"
If I use your sentence like this: "He made
to go to school on foot safer,
is it possbile?
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No, the underlined part should be an object/a noun/gerund for the sentence to work.
 

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I want to know if I can use a "to infinitive" in the object position. "It" in the title means "to infinitive space here (to go ...)".
If I [STRIKE]use[/STRIKE]
write your sentence like this: "He made to go to school on foot safer", is it possible?

No.

He made going to school on foot safer.

You would use the to-infinitive in construction in your title:

He made it safer to go to school on foot.
 
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