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Could you help me what is the difference between "make sb to do sth" and "cause sb to do sth"? I would like to use one of them in a letter ... Forums Dictionarysearch:  English-Spanish English-French English-Italian English-German English-Dutch English-Russian English-Portuguese English-Polish English-Romanian English-Swedish English-Czech English-Greek English-Turkish English-Chinese English-Japanese English-Korean English-Arabic Spanish-English French-English Italian-English German-English Dutch-English Russian-English Portuguese-English Polish-English Romanian-English Swedish-English Czech-English Greek-English Turkish-English Chinese-English Japanese-English Korean-English Arabic-English Spanish-French Spanish-Portuguese Spanish-Catalan French-Spanish Portuguese-Spanish Englishdefinition Englishsynonyms Englishcollocations Englishusage Italiandefinition Spanishdefinition Spanishsynonyms Catalandefinition Spanish French Italian Login Register What'snew Search Rules/Help/FAQ Members InterfaceLanguage Menu Login Register Installtheapp Install Forums EnglishOnly EnglishOnly Youareusinganoutofdatebrowser.Itmaynotdisplaythisorotherwebsitescorrectly.Youshouldupgradeoruseanalternativebrowser. (make/cause)somebodytodosomething Threadstarter mirzaie Startdate Oct19,2018 M mirzaie Member Persian Couldyouhelpmewhatisthedifferencebetween"makesbtodosth"and"causesbtodosth"? Iwouldliketouseoneoftheminaletteranditshouldbeformal. Thecompletesentenceis: Thiskeeninterest(made/caused)metoworkontheprojectX. AndIfyouhaveanyalternativewhichisbetter,pleaseexpress. Thankyou.   soundshift SeniorMember Derby(centralEngland) English-England "Makesomebodytodosomething"isnotgoodgrammar. "Makesomebodydosomething"iscorrect. Idon'tthinkIcansayanymorewithoutknowingaboutthecontext.   M mirzaie Member Persian Thankyou"soundshift".Andwhataboutthedifferencebetween"makesbdosth"and"causesbtodosth"? soundshiftsaid: "Makesomebodytodosomething"isnotgoodgrammar. "Makesomebodydosomething"iscorrect. Idon'tthinkIcansayanymorewithoutknowingaboutthecontext. Clicktoexpand... Whileresearching,IdevelopedastronginterestinY...ThiskeeninterestmademeworkonXasmyfinalproject.   Lasteditedbyamoderator:Oct19,2018 heypresto SeniorMember SouthEastEngland English-England Idon'tthinkakeeninterestcanmakeyouorcauseyoutodosomething.Iwouldsaysomethinglike'ThisledtomyworkingonXYZ'. Note'sb'andsth'arenotwordsinEnglish.Theyareonlyabbreviationsusedbydictionariesinordertosavespace.Mostnativespeakerswon'thaveevercomeacrossthem,andwouldn'tknowwhattheymean.   Youmustloginorregistertoreplyhere. Share: Facebook Twitter Reddit WhatsApp Email Share Link Forums EnglishOnly EnglishOnly Top