Teo Posted 20 years ago
Grammar
make it or do it
1 i 00 Trust me, you can 01 b 00 make it. (=succeeding in losing weight) 02 b 02 i 02 br
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00 The above sentence is a slogan from a weight loss center in Taiwan. some one said this sentence was incorrect. It should be 01 i 00 Trust me, you can 01 b 00 do it! 02 b 02 i 02 br
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00 What's your comment? 0-
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00 The above sentence is a slogan from a weight loss center in Taiwan. some one said this sentence was incorrect. It should be 01 i 00 Trust me, you can 01 b 00 do it! 02 b 02 i 02 br
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00 What's your comment? 0-
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02 font 02 br 02 br 01 font 00 If you put this query to a teacher, the chances are that s/he will reply something like " 01 i 00 It's a question of collocation 02 i 00 ". While this may not seem very helpful, it is nevertheless true. 02 font 02 br 02 br 01 font 00 Collocation (in linguistics) refers to expressions in which individual words habitually go together.
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1 font 00 What is the difference between 01 b 00 make 02 b 00 and 01 b 00 do 02 b 00 ? 02 font 02 br
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01 font 00 If you put this query to a teacher, the chances are that s/he will reply something like " 01 i 00 It's a question of collocation 02 i 00 ". While this may not seem
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01 font 00 If you put this query to a teacher, the chances are that s/he will reply something like " 01 i 00 It's a question of collocation 02 i 00 ". While this may not seem
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0 Again, this is advertising, so anything goes! Either verb, I suppose, will work: 02 br
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01 i 00 Trust me, you can 01 b 00 make it. 02 b 02 i 00 = reach your goal of e.g. losing 10 kg 02 br 01 i 00 Trust me, you can 01 b 00 do it. 02 b 02 i 00 = succeed in losing e.g. 10 kg. 0-
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01 i 00 Trust me, you can 01 b 00 make it. 02 b 02 i 00 = reach your goal of e.g. losing 10 kg 02 br 01 i 00 Trust me, you can 01 b 00 do it. 02 b 02 i 00 = succeed in losing e.g. 10 kg. 0-
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0 I agree that either one is possible, but I'd like to add that the usual meaning of the idiom "make it" is to arrive somewhere (successfully). The 01 i 00 it 02 i 00 means absolutely nothing! In the ad I suppose it would mean arrive at one's goal of a reduced weight. 02 br
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00 Ben took the bus to work today. I wonder if he'll make it on tim
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00 Ben took the bus to work today. I wonder if he'll make it on tim
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0 Hi, 02 br
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00 It is my educated opinion that one could include extra words like "to happen" or "to have it realized" if s/he wonders what the underlined words mean in the sentence/expression "You can 01 u 00 make it 02 u 00 ." 02 br
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00 You can make it to happen. 02 br
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00 You can make it to have it realized. 02 b
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00 It is my educated opinion that one could include extra words like "to happen" or "to have it realized" if s/he wonders what the underlined words mean in the sentence/expression "You can 01 u 00 make it 02 u 00 ." 02 br
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00 You can make it to happen. 02 br
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00 You can make it to have it realized. 02 b
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