Alright gearheads, grammar enthusiasts, and anyone who’s ever felt like their linguistic engine was sputtering on the highway of English. We’ve all been there, staring down two words that look and ...
Much has been written about the distinction between they’re, their, and there, when to use who vs. whom, and the difference between affect and effect. But tautologies? You’d be forgiven for hearing ...
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How causative and factitive verbs work

English uses this strange grammatical structure to denote situations where a ... Let’s look more closely at the construction and function of these five causatives: 1) The causative “make.” The doer of ...