[Grammar] Make vs makes

[Briannavacirca]

Is it " things do come around and make sense eventually " or " things do come around and makes sense eventually " ? Or can it be said both ways because they both sound fine to me !

 

[5jj]

Welcome to the forum, Briannavacirca. :hi:

It's "Things do come around and make sense eventually".

 

[Briannavacirca]

I feel like makes sounds fine too why can't you say that ?

 

[MikeNewYork]

The subject "things" is plural, so a plural verb is needed -- "make".

 

[5jj]

I feel like makes sounds fine too why can't you say that ?

Things do come around and (do) make sense eventually.

 

[billmcd]

I feel like makes sounds fine too why can't you say that ?

As my mother used to say when I would sometimes ask about rules of the household., "Because I said so!". But seriously, because "things" are plural and therefore requires a plural verb form.

 

[5jj]

I think it's more to do with the emphatic DO. We use the bare infinitive even if we had a singular: This event does come around and (does) make sense eventually. We could also think of it as: This event does come around and (it) makes sense eventually.