Make friends with each other

[tufguy]

"We make good friends with each other".

"I make good friends with him/them".

"He makes good friends with me.

"They have made good friends with each other for twenty years".

"I haven't come here to make friends with you".

"When we were child we made good friends with each other".

"They make good friends with me".

"They have been making good friends since 1987".

Does it have same meaning as "become friend or make friend"?

 

[emsr2d2]

Does it have same meaning as "become friend or make friend"?

What does "it" refer to in your question? You are asking if "it" means the same as "become friend" or "make friend". Without knowing what you mean by "it", we can't answer the question.

 

[GoesStation]

Leaving aside the 'it' problem, only the fourth of your sentences is natural. We don't 'make good friends' with people.

Only the fifth is natural.

 

[tufguy]

Only the fifth one is correct and rest of the sentences are incorrect. Could you please tell me that what is the correct way to use phrase "make friends"?

 

[tufguy]

I checked it out but then what is the problem with my 1,2,3,6,7 sentence?

 

[Tdol]

You make friends with someone, after that you could become good friends.

 

[tufguy]

Are my sentences wrong just because of "good"? Do I need to remove "good" from my sentences?

 

[GoesStation]

The expression to make good friends doesn't exist. Sentences 1, 2, 3, 5, and 7 work if you remove good. The others have other errors.

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

Are my sentences wrong just because of "good"? Do I need to remove "good" from my sentences?

No. The word "make" is the big problem. Why not just say, "We're good friends"?

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

"We are good friends [You don't need "with each other" - it's grammatical, but it's understood.]".

"I am friends with him/them". ["Friends" is plural here because there are two of you.]

"He is a good friend of mine. ["Friend is singular "friend" here because there is just one of him.]

"They have been good friends for twenty years".

"I haven't come here to make friends with you".

"When we were children, we were [or we became] good friends [You don't need "with each other" - it's grammatical, but it's understood.]".

"They are good friends of mine".

"They have been [delete making] good friends since 1987".

Does it have same meaning as "become friends or make friends"? Does what have the same meaning?

Can you rephrase your question? I don't know what "it" is.

"To make friends" means "To create a friendship":

- We made friends. = We created a friendship.
- Let's make friends. = Let's create a friendship.

That's the right way to use "make" and "friends" together.

 

[emsr2d2]

Does it have same meaning as "become friend or make friend"? Does what have the same meaning?
I'm not sure what your question means. Can you rephrase it?

I tried asking that in post #2. So far, there has been no response. I hope you have better luck.

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

I tried asking that in post #2. So far, there has been no response. I hope you have better luck.

Yep, I read that. Figured it wouldn't hurt to ask again. Standing by!

 

[tufguy]

I tried asking that in post #2. So far, there has been no response. I hope you have better luck.

Sorry emsr2d2, I got confused, you were confused but then Piscean answered so I thought you must have understood what I meant. Yes, I was asking about "make friends", does "make friends" have same meaning as "become friends"?

 

[tufguy]

Can you rephrase your question? I don't know what "it" is.

"To make friends" means "To create a friendship":

- We made friends. = We created a friendship.
- Let's make friends. = Let's create a friendship.

That's the right way to use "make" and "friends" together.

Thank you for this Charlie thanks for the endeavour you put to make me understand this but actually I know I can use these sentences but I want to know about phrase "make friends". Although your effort did go in vain that second sentence of yours "I make friends with him/them" is new for me. Thank you for your help and time.

 

[tufguy]

"We make friends with each other".

"I make friends with him/them".

"He makes friends with me".

"I haven't come here to make friends with you".


"They make friends with me".

Please check now. Goestation asked me to remove good from my 1,2,3,5,7 sentence.

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

"We made friends with each other". Or: We will make friends with each other.

"I made friends with him/them". Or: I will make friends with him/them.

"He made friends with me". Or: He will make friends with me.

"I haven't come here to make friends with you".

"They made friends with me". Or: They will make friends with me.

Please check now. Goestation asked me to remove good from sentences 1, [space] 2, [space] 3, [space] 5, [space] and 7.

Does that help? As I said before, you did not use the word "make" correctly.

 

[emsr2d2]

You can use the present tense if you're referring to a habitual action.

I make friends easily.
He's starting at a new school on Monday but he'll be OK because he's quick to make friends.

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

You can use the present tense if you're referring to a habitual action.

I make friends easily.
He's starting at a new school on Monday but he'll be OK because he's quick to make friends.

Absolutely. You just can't make friends continually with one person. Do you see the difference, Tufguy?

 

[tufguy]

Thank you friends, now I understand this. Thank you once again.