In my class, my teacher told us that, we should find the differences between "make" and "do".
I'm Vietnamese so I'm confused with this question! Can you help me?
And the similar between them is the meaning? Right?
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There is a sea of difference between the two. This was probably an introductory course, so you should just heed your teacher. Unfortunately, I don't think it's possible to answer this without writing a book! – M.A.R. Apr 15 '17 at 13:29
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3Because so many expressions using *make* and *do* are idiomatic, there's no easy guide. As a rough guide *make* is more often used in contexts such as manufacturing and constructing while *do* relates more to actions and occupations. There are numerous online sites dealing with the use of the two words, such as: https://www.engvid.com/english-resource/do-make-expressions/ – Ronald Sole Apr 15 '17 at 15:07
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Do you have an example sentence that would use one of the words? That would help in determining what the differences would be in that case. – RaceYouAnytime Apr 15 '17 at 16:27
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1@M.A.R. It's difficult, though, because in some languages *do* and *make* translate to the same word (*faire* in French, for example), and in other languages the boundary between the two is drawn in different places. So it's really a classic ELL question. – Apr 16 '17 at 14:04
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In Vietnamese, "make" is something like "tạo ra", whereas "do" means "thực hiện" – Hieu Le Feb 29 '20 at 13:26