he made addressing the 2019 accusation

[Maybo]

In a video he made addressing the 2019 accusation, Charles made a promise to be more careful moving forward. (James Charles: YouTube star admits messaging 16-year-old boys by Cody Godwin)

What does "made addressing" mean?

 

[Tarheel]

The video is, presumably, about the 2019 accusation. Normally there is context that tells us what the subject matter is. It shouldn't be a mystery.

P.S. Why do you assume that "made addressing" means something?

 

[GoesStation]

In a video he made addressing the 2019 accusation, Charles made a promise to be more careful moving forward.

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What does "made addressing" mean?

It doesn't really say "made addressing". Remove those and a couple of other words and you get the complete sentence In a video he made, Charles made a promise to be more careful moving forward. The phrase "addressing the 2019 accusation" describes the video that Charles made.

 

[Tarheel]

Maybo, you focused on the wrong thing. The phrase "made addressing" doesn't mean anything. Instead of looking at that you should be able to understand the sentence based on context.

 

[Maybo]

I parsed the sentence wrongly. I thought "In a video, he made..."

 

[emsr2d2]

I parsed the sentence wrongly. I thought "In a video, he made..."

You're right, that's wrong.

In a video that he made, addressing the 2019 accusation, Charles made a promise ...