How is this sentence constructed?
The seniors make the freshers write practical files.
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Is freshers supposed to be freshmen? That aside, please be more specific. It has the normal subject-verb-object structure. – Jason Bassford Jun 14 '20 at 17:37
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@JasonBassford Usually called freshers in Britain. Do you have female freshmen? – WS2 Jun 14 '20 at 17:39
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@WS2 The is the first time I've ever heard freshers. But, yes, unless there is an explicit attempt to use gender-neutral language, freshmen refers to all such students. I simply use first-year students. Or I'm in my first year. – Jason Bassford Jun 14 '20 at 17:40
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@Jason freshers mean junior first year student – Rid Jun 14 '20 at 17:46
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I am not clear about use of make here – Rid Jun 14 '20 at 17:47
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Does this answer your question? Why do we use zero infinitives with make, let, have? (I made you do [something].) – Edwin Ashworth Jun 14 '20 at 18:17
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[The seniors] [make [the freshers] [write [practical files]]]. Just like [your parents] [make [you] [do [your homework]]]. – RegDwigнt Jun 14 '20 at 18:21
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@EdwinAshworth Perhaps it is the sense of make, meaning force that is troubling the OP here. If you "make" someone do something, it implies you have absolute power over them - it is often used with children. "His mother made him apologise to the person he had called a stupid old geezer". I'm sure you know that but perhaps the questioner doesn't. – WS2 Jun 14 '20 at 18:23
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@WS2 'Formed' and 'constructed' strongly suggests syntax to my mind. (The notional agreement intended.) – Edwin Ashworth Jun 14 '20 at 18:25
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"To make someone do something" is a very common turn of phrase, in English as well as other languages, because it's a very common human activity universally observed on a daily basis by all people worldwide. It should be included in every dictionary, but even if it weren't, the meaning of the whole is directly derived from the meaning of the individual parts and as such is self-explanatory. – RegDwigнt Jun 14 '20 at 18:31
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@RegDwight thanks a lot .Now use of make in above sentence is very much cleared to me – Rid Jun 14 '20 at 22:39
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@EdwinAshworth Yes. I don't know where the OP is from. There is another question out there at the moment about "make". It seems to confuse people who are not of a Romance inheritance. Our various uses clearly derive from the Latin facere - faire in French. – WS2 Jun 15 '20 at 06:11
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@WS2 I am a romantic person though – Rid Jun 15 '20 at 16:33
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@WS2 Bengali language which is the sweetest language in world – Rid Jun 21 '20 at 13:36
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@WS2 though it's a personal question but I am very curious about to know your personal life .are you a faculty for this website ? If you are not then what is the purpose for answering so many questions ?I mean we have many works to do everyday . – Rid Jun 22 '20 at 18:35