What is the difference between sentences like these:
I make it to go.
I make it go.
or
You make me to cry.
You make me cry.
bare-infinitivescausativescomplementationto-infinitive
What is the difference between sentences like these:
I make it to go.
I make it go.
or
You make me to cry.
You make me cry.
Best Answer
In English, modal verbs such as CAN, WILL, the verbs MAKE, LET and also verbs of perception, for example SEE, FEEL or HEAR take verbs in the plain form. These verbs appear without the word to. For this reason:
... is badly formed. It's ungrammatical. We need the plain form of CRY without the word to:
Some verbs in English can take another verb either in the plain form or with a to-infinitive. One example is the verb HELP: