My english teacher made me mad. When I chose "My business has made more money this year" in stead of "has earned" in my multiple-choice test, she graded it wrong.
2007-01-10 02:47:51 · 8 answers · asked by tdui 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Primary & Secondary Education
earn money reflects basic idea of getting money by means of work, while make money may reflect getting much greater deal of money either by work or trading in a highly profit product etc and so on.so "earn" may be basic but make may be basic or additional
2007-01-10 02:59:24 · answer #1 · answered by mali 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2016-07-21 21:33:58 · answer #2 · answered by Anthony 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually you got maybe 2 or 3 answers that could be categorized the way you have here. And the point is still valid. If you have proof that our elected officials are living high on the hog (as you put it) to the same degress as many in the corporate world then you should provide it. The point of those answering was NOT to confuse spending and earning - but rather to point out that the degree of difference between the spending power of the two groups is significant.
2016-05-23 04:03:13 · answer #3 · answered by Elizabeth 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Firstly, "made" could imply actually printing money. Also, you can't say a business "makes" money, because a business can't make money, a person can. It's like saying "the class read the book". That wouldn't be gramatically correct, because the class doesn't read, the students in the class do. A business can earn money though, because actual products and services can earn money, not just people.
2007-01-10 06:04:20 · answer #4 · answered by Jordan D 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Don't worry about it, if teachers knew, they wouldn't be stuck with their low paying jobs all their lives. Don't listen to these people here either, the example you quoted is used by 100% of the english speaking population, president Bush uses it all the time as well.
Basically ou will learn english at school then you will watch Tony Blair and Bush on TV and wonder who is right, them or your teacher. In the end I'd say teachers are out of touch so just play their game and don't get too upset as it'll be different as soon as you get out of school.
2007-01-13 23:50:22 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your teacher could be taking the meaning of "make" too literally. Your company did not physically make the money a mint did. Your company earned the money.
I think that is what she meant and why she marked you wrong.
2007-01-10 02:59:42 · answer #6 · answered by rickybobbi 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
To "make" money could be to actually print the money or create it from nothing.
To "earn" money implies that you had to work for it.
2007-01-10 02:55:51 · answer #7 · answered by freakyallweeky 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
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2016-07-08 05:10:47 · answer #8 · answered by Jeremy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋