Do vs Make. How often do you mess them up?
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- Use “do” when talking about jobs, works, duties, leisures or tasks that do not produce anything physically tangible: E.g.: “You are doing a great job!”
- It is common to use do when referring to indefinite activities, often together with words like something, what, thing, anything, nothing, everything, etc. E.g.: “We did something beautiful”
- In informal English you can use it to replace a verb when the meaning is obvious: E.g.: “I’m doing the dishes”
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- Use “make” when talking about building, producing, constructing, creating a physical object: E.g.: “I made a cup of tea”
- To indicate the components that are used to make something or the origin of a product: E.g.: “implants are made of titanium”, and “This car is made in France”
- It's common to use “make” when talking about money: E.g.: “We made a deal”, or “With the price of oil increasing, oil companies are making money”
- Make can also be used to express a feeling or reaction: E.g.: “She made him happy”
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This a list of common expressions with “do”
- do:Â anything | business | everything | exercise | good | homework | housework | nothing | research | right |Â something
- do a: crossword |dance | drawing | favor | job | painting | project | service | test
- do an: assignment | exam
- do the: right thing |Â accounts |Â cleaning |Â dishes |Â paperwork |Â gardening |Â maximum |Â minimum |Â shopping
- do some: reading | studying | writing
- do your:Â best | duty | hair | makeup
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Here it goes a list of common expressions with 'make'
- make: coffee |Â money |Â noise |Â peace |Â plans |Â progress |Â breakfast |Â dinner | lunch.
- make a:Â cake | call | change | choice | comment | make a complaint | make a compromise | make a confession | make a connection | deal |Â habit |Â difference |Â discovery |Â friend |Â joke |Â mistake |Â profit |Â promise |Â remark |Â reservation |Â sandwich |Â sound |Â statement |Â suggestion |Â visit.
- make an: announcement | appointment | attempt | offer.
- make someone: rich | smile.
- make your mind up.
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CURATOR'S NOTE
Are you confused when you should use “do” and when “make”? Well, it is not a surprise, English language doesn’t have a clear rule to follow at this regard. The following rule of thumb (with a zillion exceptions) will help you figure it out.
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