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make realize

English translation: It's wrong

13:12 Mar 5, 2012
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Linguistics / grammar
English term or phrase: make realize
I just saw a funny greeting card:

http://www.someecards.com/usercards/viewcard/MjAxMi1iZjlhMjI...

"It's people like you that make realize how much I hate people like you."

I'm wondering though if it's grammatically correct. Is it really good English to say "make realize" without an explicit object?

Thanks for your help.
Mikhail Kropotov
Germany
Local time: 22:35
Selected answer:It's wrong
Explanation:
Definitely needs an object e.g. "makes me realize".
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DLyons
Ireland
Local time: 21:35
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4 +13It's wrong
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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +13
It's wrong


Explanation:
Definitely needs an object e.g. "makes me realize".

DLyons
Ireland
Local time: 21:35
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 20
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Jim Tucker (X): make me realize
0 min
  -> Thanks Jim. Yes, depends on what the subject is.
agree  Kim Metzger: Make - transitive - to cause someone or something to be in a particular state or to change to another state make someone do something: This film always makes me cry. http://www.macmillandictionary.com/dictionary/british/make
9 mins
  -> Thanks Kim.
agree  Tony M
14 mins
  -> Thanks Tony.
agree  Terry Richards: but in this case it's "make me realize" because "people like you" is plural / ooops, just noticed that Jim said the same thing.
27 mins
  -> Thanks Terry. Yes, indeed.
agree  Mark Nathan: to make someone realize something
29 mins
  -> Thanks Mark.
agree  Jack Doughty
38 mins
  -> Thanks Jack.
agree  Sheila Wilson
43 mins
  -> Thanks Sheila.
agree  LJC (X)
1 hr
  -> Thanks Lesley.
agree  jccantrell: Oh, yes, you have to have that 'me' in there.
2 hrs
  -> Thanks jccantrell.
agree  Charles Davis
5 hrs
  -> Thanks Charles.
agree  trsk2000 (X)
6 hrs
  -> Thanks trsk2000.
agree  Arabic & More
15 hrs
  -> Thanks Amel.
agree  Phong Le
1 day 1 hr
  -> Thanks Phong Le.
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