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Problem with structure: Although she shouted, she could not make her voice hear



 
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Problem with structure: Although she shouted, she could not make her voice hear #1 (permalink) Wed Apr 09, 2008 4:35 am   Problem with structure: Although she shouted, she could not make her voice hear
 

Hi everybody,
I am now wondering if this sentence is correct:
''Although she shouted,she could not make her voice hear''.
I think the word 'hear' should be placed by 'heard' but the test software said that 'hear' was correct.What about your ideas?Tell me please!Thanks in advance!
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Problem with structure: Although she shouted, she could not make her voice hear #2 (permalink) Wed Apr 09, 2008 4:57 am   Problem with structure: Although she shouted, she could not make her voice hear
 

Hi Thang

I agree. The sentence needs the word 'heard'.
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Problem with structure: Although she shouted, she could not make her voice hear #3 (permalink) Wed Apr 09, 2008 5:01 am   Problem with structure: Although she shouted, she could not make her voice hear
 

thanks!But can you tell me the reason?
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Problem with structure: Although she shouted, she could not make her voice hear #4 (permalink) Wed Apr 09, 2008 10:09 am   Problem with structure: Although she shouted, she could not make her voice hear
 

It's an idiom
Make one's voice heard: express one's opinion so that other people hear or notice
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Problem with structure: Although she shouted, she could not make her voice hear #5 (permalink) Wed Apr 09, 2008 11:58 am   Problem with structure: Although she shouted, she could not make her voice hear
 

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'make her voice hear' = cause her voice to hear
This doesn't make any sense. Voices don't have ears. Voices cannot hear.

'make her voice heard' = cause her voice to be heard (by others)
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Problem with structure: Although she shouted, she could not make her voice hear #6 (permalink) Wed Apr 09, 2008 12:23 pm   Problem with structure: Although she shouted, she could not make her voice hear
 

Hi, Amy

But we don't say "make her voice be heard", or do we?
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Problem with structure: Although she shouted, she could not make her voice hear #7 (permalink) Wed Apr 09, 2008 13:06 pm   Problem with structure: Although she shouted, she could not make her voice hear
 

Hi Alex

'make something + past participle' is similar to 'make something + adjective'

He made it easy. --> He caused it to be or become easy.
He made it known. --> He caused it to be or become known.

Look at this:
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/define.asp?key=48264&dict=CALD
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Problem with structure: Although she shouted, she could not make her voice hear #8 (permalink) Wed Apr 09, 2008 14:54 pm   Problem with structure: Although she shouted, she could not make her voice hear
 

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Although she shouted,she could not make her voice hear

In normal usage it can be replaced by "Although she shouted,she could not make herself heard.''
In idomatic expressions, ''Although she shouted,she could not make her voice heard''
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Problem with structure: Although she shouted, she could not make her voice hear #9 (permalink) Thu Apr 10, 2008 3:52 am   Problem with structure: Although she shouted, she could not make her voice hear
 

Thanks for your time!
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