Maverick88 Posted 21 years ago
Grammar
Make
"The teacher asked the student to make ___ a list of the topics he didn't manage to learn on his own"
What would you use here? Our or up? I don't quite understand the difference in this case.
Could anyone please clarify it to me?
What would you use here? Our or up? I don't quite understand the difference in this case.
Could anyone please clarify it to me?
Top answer
The phrase is 'make up'. It means to create/invent/devise. It would make more sense here to simply make a list of the topics (then he actually didn't manage to learn them in reality) rather than make up a list of topics (which has a slight inferance of something creative or fictional, not exact).
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The phrase is 'make up'. It means to create/invent/devise. It would make more sense here to simply make a list of the topics (then he actually didn't manage to learn them in reality) rather than make up a list of topics (which has a slight inferance of something creative or fictional, not exact).
'will you make up a list of what you want from the shops?'
Children make up stories
'will you make up a list of what you want from the shops?'
Children make up stories
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