Átomo 70

Collocations: make vs do

La regla

Make = crear/causar (decision, mistake, money). Do = realizar/tarea (homework, dishes, business).

"Make = create/cause (decision, mistake, money). Do = perform/task (homework, dishes, business)."

Make y do son intercambiables en español ("hacer") pero NO en inglés. Make implica crear o causar algo (a decision, a mistake, money, a difference, a noise, progress, a plan). Do implica realizar una acción o tarea (homework, the dishes, business, exercise, your best, a favor, research). Hay que memorizar las collocations porque no hay regla universal. En tu trabajo: "make a decision", "make progress", "do a code review", "do business", "do your best".

Ejemplos

We need to make a decision about the deploy.

Tenemos que tomar una decision sobre el deploy.

I made a mistake in the migration script.

Cometi un error en el script de migracion.

Did you do your homework?

Hiciste los deberes?

She does business with US clients.

Hace negocios con clientes de EEUU.

Caching can make a big difference in latency.

El caching puede marcar una gran diferencia en latencia.

I'll do the code review tomorrow.

Hare la revision de código manana.

We're making progress on the RFC.

Estamos progresando con el RFC.

Casos típicos

MAKE = crear / producir / causarmake

make a decisionmake a mistakemake moneymake a differencemake progressmake a planmake noisemake a phone call

DO = realizar acción / tarea / actividaddo

do homeworkdo the dishesdo businessdo exercisedo a favordo researchdo your best

Trabajo y profesionalmake/do laborales

make a presentationmake a dealdo a code reviewdo a deploydo an eval

Tareas domesticas: dodo

do the laundrydo the cleaningdo the cookingdo the shopping

Sentimientos y reacciones: makemake + obj + adj

make me happymake him angrymake her laugh

Trampas hispanohablantes

I did a mistake in the script.I made a mistake in the script.

Mistake va con make, no con do.

We need to do a decision.We need to make a decision.

Decision va con make.

Did you make your homework?Did you do your homework?

Homework va con do.

He makes business in Asia.He does business in Asia.

Business va con do.

Can you make me a favor?Can you do me a favor?

Favor va con do.

Mini-quiz

1/7.Elige la frase correcta:

2/7.Tomar una decision:

We need to a decision.

3/7.Hacer los deberes:

Did you your homework?

4/7.Cual es INCORRECTA?

5/7.Completa: "Caching can ___ a big difference in latency."

Caching can a big difference in latency.

6/7.Completa: "I'll ___ the code review tomorrow."

I'll the code review tomorrow.

7/7.Cual es CORRECTA?