Common mistake bare infinitive required after causative verbs or verbs of perception

Bare Infinitive Required After Causative Verbs or Verbs of Perception

Causative Verbs

When using causative verbs, such as 'make', 'let', 'have', 'get', etc., the object should be followed by the bare infinitive form of the verb.

I will make him clean the room.
She had her car repaired by a mechanic.
They got him to finish the project on time.

Verbs of Perception

Verbs such as 'see', 'hear', 'watch', 'notice', 'feel', etc., when used in the present tense, should be followed by the bare infinitive form of the verb.

I saw him run across the street.
She heard the baby cry in the next room.
We watched them play soccer in the park.

It is important not to use the gerund form (-ing) or the full infinitive (to + verb) after these verbs.

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bare infinitive required after causative verbs or verbs of perception mistake examples

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It makes me goes crazy.

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It makes me go crazy.
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It makes him goes crazy.

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It makes him go crazy.
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You let me knows about that.

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You let me know about that.
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I could not make it works.

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I could not make it work.
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I can't make it works.

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I can't make it work.
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I want to make it works.

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I want to make it work.
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What do I need to make it works?

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What do I need to make it work?
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I found out a way to have them works.

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I found out a way to have them work.
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We have not managed to make it works.

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We have not managed to make it work.
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I don’t understand how to make it works.

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I don’t understand how to make it work.
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How to make it works well with script.

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How to make it work well with script.
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Help us helps you.

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Help us help you.
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Please let us documents.

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Please let us document.
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Which makes me wonders, was it?

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Which makes me wonder, was it?
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Don’t let it has power over you.

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Don’t let it have power over you.
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It seems something make it loops.

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It seems something make it loop.
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I hope this helps you directs your questions.

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I hope this helps you direct your questions.
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Other material makes it sounds like color.

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Other material makes it sound like color.
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It makes it sounds sarcastic.

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It makes it sound sarcastic.
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Is there a way to make it shows up?

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Is there a way to make it show up?
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The way that this graph is presented make it looks like the entire transaction.

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The way that this graph is presented make it look like the entire transaction.
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Have you decides what to do?
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It makes me go crazy.
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Please help me guys.
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History has made us friends.
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Can you get me details?
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Something that might help you is just accepting it.
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I hope whoever gets it wants it.
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Who currently has it has not been disclosed.
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I've had her emails pop up.
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Everybody who is supposed to get it gets at least one copy.
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A beard on me makes me look like a hobo.
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effectively making them slaves.
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The last board you made me has been total magic
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It makes them objects of lust.
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He refused to get me rides.
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Commercial interests that made them pioneers in removing obstacles.
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The album peaked at No. 7 on Billboard's Top 200 and No. 1 on the Top Country Albums, making it Brooks' 10th number-one album.
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Do actions mathematically similar to the actions that got you rewards in the past.
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It hasn't received the help it needs.
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This kind of article makes me nuts.
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Due to the number of system problems we have had it makes it very difficult.
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For every room I have it bundles all lights.
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but even if you have it seems really surprising
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It's a little harder to get It turns out I also need everyone's birthday and address.

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I saw it goes.

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I saw it go.
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As you can see it forms a ring.
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As far as I can see it fails.
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Like you see it says no renewals.
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I can still see it takes four hours.
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Seeing it makes me feel stagnant
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The problem as I see it isn’t that
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Whoever wants to come see us is welcome.
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The cloud sees it has left.
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Every girl who's seen him falls in love with him.
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By using the hero with it we see it continues to gain.
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In tracing through the code, I do see it grabs the name.
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Looking at the source code I can see it does alter the name.
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You'll see it sounds quite beautiful.
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Just because you can’t see it doesn’t mean it’s not happening.
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From what I can see it looks as though this is on the roadmap.
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I’m glad you see it doesn’t make sense now.
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I’m really unhappy that you don't see it makes no sense.
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From some of the posts I’ve seen it seems I should do it.
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On the image you can see it works on 4 levels
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"I see it makes you laugh, Tom?"
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“I see it makes you laugh, Tom?”

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