"English special verbs: double object / confer, link, sense, make" do you know what those are?
The English special verbs listed below, due to their special usage, need to pay special attention to their respective characteristics:
【Double Object/Assent Verb】 There will be two objects after: direct object and indirect object
A] give to / write a letter / bring to / tell tell / leave to leave (use to for the preposition)
B] buy / make / cook / sing (for preposition)
C] send / get / leave / *ask to ask someone.. (prepositions use to and for)
A] Give me the money.
※ me is an indirect adjective, money is a direct adjective
B] He bought her a LV bag.
※ her is an indirect adjective, LV bag is a direct adjective
C] They sent an email to me.
※ an email is the direct receiver, me is the indirect receiver, when writing the direct receiver first, it must be separated from the indirect receiver with the preposition to or for
[Affixed verb] The purpose is to modify the subject, and there is no object after it, and directly add the complement of the subject
A] Speaking status: look looks/smell smells/taste tastes/sound sounds/feel feels/seem seems/appears
B] Speaking becomes: get / become / end up / come / go / grow / turn / fall / run
C] Talk about keeping: keep / remain / stand / lie / stay / rest / prove/ elect / report / arrive
A] You look sexy tonight.
※ look sexy is talking about the subject You
B] We all got crazy at that party.
※ got crazy is the subject We all
C] She keeps fit even at her 60s.
※ keep fit is about the subject She
【Sensory verbs】Related to the five senses and perceptions of human beings, followed by object words and object complements
A] Talk about the five senses: see, watch, look at see/ hear, listen to hear/ smell/ feel
B] Speaking of perception: find finds/notices/detect*
A] I saw them kissing on the street.
※ kissing is the complement of them
B] We found him a loner.
※ a loner is the complement of him
【 causative verb 】 the meaning of the verb itself is ambiguous, and there must be the object and the complement of the object behind
A] Drive to order someone to do.. ( make / have / let ) + object + verb (original)
B] make.. into a state ( make / have / let / get ) + object + verb (past participle)
C] allow to tolerate someone doing.. ( have ) + object + verb (present participle)
D] make something become .. (make makes .. / have to .. how / let make someone feel)
(keep keep .. is / leave makes .. become / call .. is) + object + (form/name)
( name.. for / elect.. for / paint.. for )
※ make and have also have the usage of normal general verbs: make, make/have, eat and drink, hold
A] They made me do this.
※ do this (infinitive phrase) is the complement of me
B] Music makes me happy.
※ happy (adjective) is the complement of me
C] He had me laughing at his jokes.
※ laughing at his jokes (gerund phrases) is the complement of me
D] You make me not myself.
※ not myself (noun phrase) is the complement of me
【Other special verbs】Multiple usages
A] go engage.. / help help.. / have to = need to must
B] help help..
C] have to = need to must
A] Let's go win the game.
※ go can be followed by the original verb win
B] Could you help take my phone to me?
※ help can be followed by the original verb take
C] We have to call them once we hit the road.
※ have to can be followed by the original verb call
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