success

Allifathima · #1 (permalink) Fri Dec 01, 2017 9:47 am *success*

1. Make the function a success.
2. Make the function success.
3. Make the function successful.
4. Make the function successfully.
Please comment and correct these sentences.
Thanks.

Anglophile · #2 (permalink) Fri Dec 01, 2017 16:27 pm *success*

No.1 and No.3 are acceptable.
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Allifathima · #3 (permalink) Sat Dec 02, 2017 5:21 am *success*

1. "We have successfully made the function."
Is this sentence OK?
2. "We have made the function successfully."
Is this sentence OK?
Please comment.
Thanks.

Anglophile · #4 (permalink) Sun Dec 03, 2017 10:53 am *success*

No, neither of them is correct for inapt collocation. To me, the following are acceptable.
1. We have successfully conducted the function.
2. We have held/hosted/organized/scheduled/conducted/managed the function successfully.
Nevertheless, We have made the function a great success is possible.
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