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 #2 (permalink) Mon Mar 23, 2009 18:32 pm When we use 'make of' and when we use 'make from'? |
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Well, I'm not Mr Torsten, but... :P
For example:
The table is made of wood.
Windows are made of glasses.
The cake is made from eggs, flour and sugar.
Make of : you create something and after that the material has not changed. Wood is still wood, you can SEE it.
make from : when you look at the cake, you will surely can not tell exactly from what it is made. Right? |
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 Janelt
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| #3 (permalink) Mon Mar 23, 2009 18:40 pm When we use 'make of' and when we use 'make from'? |
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Hi, not wishing to contradict the beautiful Janelt, but 'make of' is usually the way of asking an opinion of something, or someone.
" What do you make of him / this / it.?
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| #4 (permalink) Mon Mar 23, 2009 18:41 pm When we use 'make of' and when we use 'make from'? |
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Right.
A table is made of wood. (A wooden table)
Paper is made from wood. (Paper is not wooden)
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Milanya
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| #5 (permalink) Tue Mar 24, 2009 3:56 am To Ms Janelt and Ms Milanya |
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I'm Diem from Vietnam.
Thank you very much for your explaination. It makes me clearer.
Regards, :D |
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Diemthuydiem
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| both gerund and infinitive | [a / the] wrong + noun |
