[Grammar] Make your English get better?

[bangdtbk]

Hello Teachers,

I am wondering if the first one of these two sentences is grammartically correct?
1. How to make your English get better?
2. How to make your English better?
Actually, I prefer to use the second one as it's shorter. However, the first one looks wrong with 'redundant GET'.
I look up Oxford Dictionary, I see they use MAKE like, make me feel happy, make me laugh, etc...So I think there is no problem when I say make you English get better.

Thank you in advance and hope somebody can correct it for me.

 

[bubbha]

Neither sentence is grammatical. We do not form questions like this in English.

What is the context?

If it's a question asked by you, try "How can I make my English better?"

If it's the title of a book or article, try "How to make your English better" (and please note that this is NOT a question).

By the way, it's more natural to use the verb "improve" in such sentences.

 

[bangdtbk]

Neither sentence is grammatical. We do not form questions like this in English.

Thank you so much for such a kind response. Sorry I didn't intend to put the question marks there.
I am finding a name for my book.

Because my friend told me that "How to make your English get better" is grammatically wrong. He said GET should be removed.
I said to him: There is nothing grammatically wrong with GET. The point here is just people don't use this kind of sentence.
So am I correct in this case?

 

[emsr2d2]

"How to improve your English" is much more natural than both "How to make your English better" and "How to make your English get better". The version with "get better" is unnatural because "get better" (when used like this) sounds as if your English is recovering from an illness!

 

[Tdol]

How to make your English better?

You could use this as a title to an article if you removed the question mark.

 

[bangdtbk]

You could use this as a title to an article if you removed the question mark.

Thank your for your suggestion. How about this title: "How to get your English better". In everyday English, I see sometimes Get and Make are interchangeable, especially when using with an adjective.

 

[emsr2d2]

Thank your for your suggestion. How about this title: "How to get your English better"? In everyday English, I see sometimes "get" and "make" are interchangeable, especially when [STRIKE]using[/STRIKE] used with an adjective.

No, that doesn't work. I can't think of a single context in which "get" and "make" are interchangeable. The two words might be used in similar sentences but there is a difference. For example:

I will make you give me money.
I will get you to give me money.

As far as your current context goes, the only way that "get(ting) better" could be used would be in the present continuous or the future, and neither one is suitable for the title of your book. We say things like "Your English is getting better every day" or "When is my English going to get better?" but if you insist on starting your book title with "How to", you simply can't naturally use "get" in that title.

 

[hhtt21]

If it's the title of a book or article, try "How to make your English better" (and please note that this is NOT a question).

Would you please explain if it is not a question, what is it then? Is it either a phrase or an expression?

 

[hhtt21]

As far as your current context goes, the only way that "get(ting) better" could be used would be in the present continuous or the future, and neither one is suitable for the title of your book. We say things like "Your English is getting better every day" or "When is my English going to get better?" but if you insist on starting your book title with "How to", you simply can't naturally use "get" in that title.

Is to use improve still more natural than "get better"?

 

[tedmc]

Is [STRIKE]to use[/STRIKE] "improve" still more natural than "get better"?

"Get better" means to recover (from an illness or something). "Improve" is the appropriate word.

 

[Tdol]

Make your English better is OK, but make your English get better does suggest something like an illness, as Tedmc says.