causative structures 335
think, to say that words are i.
le reads aloud, it thinking aloud.
may and might (1): introduction 338
337  marry and divorce
lout to (see 281). I made her crying.) t.
Hin I can't make work the ised.
If, yourself etc and a past
terstood and heard.
lyself understood, (not ... make
ake people welcome etc
lake + object + adjective/noun
n made wet the grass.)
-have made me be a happy man.)
ad do. see 160.
larticular material. se days.
y different form to make
ure, we can also use out of. c; it took a long time. looking), we can use make with, of garlic.
1 get married/divorced
In an informal style, get married and get divorced are more common than many and divorce when there is no object.
Lulu and Joe got married last week. [Lulu and Joe married ... is more formal.)
The Robinsons are getting divorced. In a more formal style, many and divorce are preferred.
Three years after meeting, they married at their local church. They divorced when his career took him to America.
2 no preposition before object
Before a direct object, many and divorce are used without prepositions. She married a builder, (not She married with a builder.) Andrew's going to divorce Carola.
3 get/be married to
We can also use get/be married to with an object. She got married to her childhood sweetheart.
I've been married to you for 25 years and I still don't understand you.
338 may and might (1): introduction
1 grammar
May and might are modal auxiliary verbs (see 353-354).
a    There is no -5 in the third person singular.
She may be here tomorrow, (not She-mays-...) It might rain this afternoon.
b   Questions and negatives are made without do. May I help you? (not Do I may-...) We might not be home before midnight.
c   After may and might we use the infinitive of other verbs, without to. You may be right, (not You may to be right.) She might not want to come with us.
d   May and might do not have infinitives or participles (to may, maying, mighted do not exist). When necessary, we use other words.
She wants to be allowed to open a bank account, (not ... to may open-...)
e   Might does not normally have a past meaning. It is used in the same way as may to talk about the present and future. The difference is that might usually refers to situations which are less probable or less definite (see 339.2 and 340.1). Might also replaces may in past indirect speech (see 275). ►