DIFFERENCE - Make sb do sth vs Cause sb to do sth? Help!

Yes, you can use 'cause' with a human subject but that is when 'cause' is followed by a direct object. I was talking about the construction: ... DIFFERENCE-MakesbdosthvsCausesbtodosth?Help! EnglishasaSecondLanguage EnglishVocabulary,GrammarandIdioms Alex1987 June14,2010,7:15pm #1 Hi,couldyoutellmewhatisthedifferencebetweenthese2sentences: “Imadehimcatchthebus” “Icausedhimtocatchthebus”. Thankyouinadvance! Haihao June14,2010,9:19pm #2 TheyarealmostthesameinmeaningbutI’duse#1. Alan June14,2010,10:05pm #3 HiAlex, ‘Makesomeonedosomething’suggeststhatyouforce/compelthemtodosomethingasin:Ihadnochoiceinthematterbecausehemademesigntheagreement. ‘Cause’wouldnotoftenrefertowhatsomeonedoesbutwhatsomethingdoestomakesomethinghappen/tobethereasonwhyaresulthappensasin:Theholeinthemiddleoftheroadcausedhimtosteerthecarimmediatelytotheleft. Alan Alex1987 June14,2010,10:30pm #4 so,thesentence“Icausedhimtocatchthebus”isnotcorrectsinceitisnotWHOcausesustodosth,butWHATcausesustodosth,right? Alan June15,2010,7:09am #5 HiAlex, '‘Whatcauses’is,asIsuggested,morecommon.Thesentenceyouquoted Icausedhimtocatchthebus isnotacceptable. Alan Alex1987 June15,2010,10:42am #6 Alan,thankyouverymuch! Darker180 June24,2010,5:04pm #7 Ifoundsomesentencesinwhich“cause”canbeusedinthewaythatthedoerisahumanbeing,justforyourreference. I’msorryifIcausedanyconfusion. Ihopethechildrenhaven’tcausedyoutoomuchtrouble. Alan June24,2010,5:13pm #8 Hi, Yes,youcanuse‘cause’withahumansubjectbutthatiswhen‘cause’isfollowedbyadirectobject.Iwastalkingabouttheconstruction:cause+object+infinitiveasin:Thestormcausedhimtoswervewhilehewasdrivingthecar. Alan xclose