Re: Re: car accident

Thanks Bill :)

Regards
Mulyana - Indonesia

On Sunday 21 May 2006 19:25, Bill Kelly wrote:
> See my comments below.
>
> Bill Kelly
> Connecticut USA
>
> --
>
> Mulyana wrote:
> > Thank you Bill,
> >
> > How if I use 'make' instead of 'have', so the sentence will be 'I made an
> > accident this morning while coming to work'. Do that sentence have same
> > meaning with sentence number 4?
>
> Correction:
>
> What if I used 'make' instead of 'have,' so that the sentence would be
> 'I made an accident this morning while coming to work.' Does that
> sentence have the same menaing as sentence number 4?
>
> > Moel
> > Indonesia
> > CMIIW
>
> No. 'I made an accident' is not the same as 'I had an accident.' 'I made
> an accident' means 'I caused an accident.'
>
> But here most native speakers would say 'I caused an accident' rather
> than 'I made an accident' -- if that is what they meant.





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