[Grammar] Please tell me, are these sentences right or wrong? HELP ME !

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Please help me, are these following sentences acceptable? If they are not, please describe why. Thanks in advance :)
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1. She gave him it.
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2. She made it her.
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3. Before dinner are good time to read.
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4. We elected Deva our new treasurer.

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[FONT=&quot]1. She gave him it.[/FONT] Possible. She gave it to him is more natural, in my opinion
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2. She made it for her.
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3. Before dinner
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4. We elected Deva our new treasurer. Fine.

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Thank you so much for the reply ! :-D

One more confusion ,

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2. She made it for her.
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For the second question, can you explain a little bit about it?
What if I change the the sentence to this:
She made it hers.
Is it still acceptable?
 

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'She made it for her'. One female made/constructed/knitted/cooked/etc one thing for another female; she did this to save the other person some work, or to give it to the other person.

'She made it hers'. One female acted in such a way that somrthing became recognisably hers.
 

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THANKS A LOT ! GOD BLESS YOU ! :-D:-D:-D
 
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