{"id":50058,"date":"2021-04-05T01:15:00","date_gmt":"2021-04-05T01:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/127.0.0.1\/aee\/english-preposition-made-common\/"},"modified":"2023-04-25T15:39:15","modified_gmt":"2023-04-25T15:39:15","slug":"english-preposition-made-common","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.allearsenglish.com\/english-preposition-made-common\/","title":{"rendered":"AEE 1550: English Prepositions and Pancakes"},"content":{"rendered":"

Have you heard people talk about what something is made of in English? <\/p>\n

Have you ever gone to order something to eat and wondered what it was made out of? <\/p>\n

We are looking at a situation where there are some very subtle differences in specific phrasal verbs, and this can be confusing. <\/p>\n

If you are wondering how to use made with, made of, and made out of, then you are not alone as this can be quite confusing. <\/p>\n

You will learn with practice which works best, but we will give you some general rules and guidelines today to help you in this situation. <\/p>\n

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Today we have a good question about made with, made of, and made out of and it may be something that you have wondered about yourself. <\/p>\n

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Hello Lindsay, Michelle, Jessica and Aubrey, <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

My name is Pedro, and I\u2019m from Spain. I know you from some years ago, and I love your podcast and don\u2019t miss an episode! I have a question that I am hoping you can help to answer for me. I find this a topic to be interesting, and I hope you do too enough to make an episode about it.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

I\u2019m not sure if these phrasal verbs that I show in the example below are interchangeable or not, and so I could use some help here. I am talking about the following phrasal verbs: make of, make out of, make with. For instance, are these sentences the same using each of these phrasal verbs?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

The cake is made with butter. <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

The cake is made of butter. <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

The cake is made out of butter. <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Thanks for your great job in the podcast, and I hope you can help to answer my question!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Pedro <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Looking At Some Background<\/strong><\/h3>\n

This is a great and very nuanced question from our listener! <\/p>\n

We love getting questions like this, because they really make us think. <\/p>\n

These are the types of things that natives might not think about, but it\u2019s good for you to think through this as you are learning English. <\/p>\n

This is something that you want to learn about and understand, because although the differences may seem subtle they can be rather significant in conversation. <\/p>\n

So let\u2019s start by looking at some background that may help here. <\/p>\n

You may sometimes have to practice this sort of thing, and see what sounds right in each sentence or circumstance. <\/p>\n

Here\u2019s a link that starts to break this down and which may help a bit, inspired from the Cambridge Dictionary with a sort of explanation. <\/p>\n

https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/us\/grammar\/british-grammar\/made-from-made-of-made-out-of-made-with<\/a><\/p>\n

This is about something creating something\u2014 so with the cake, the butter is helping to create the cake.<\/p>\n

But there\u2019s more to it, and that\u2019s what we want to look at. <\/p>\n

Though you may look at the three examples in the listeners question and think it\u2019s a very subtle difference, you want to understand how this works and what\u2019s appropriate at the right time. <\/p>\n

So let\u2019s get into the differences so that you can start to understand how this works. <\/p>\n

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Breaking Down The Differences<\/strong><\/h3>\n

So let\u2019s take this one by one and then you can see how each one works. <\/p>\n

Though the differences may seem minor, you will start to see which one works best in the right circumstances. <\/p>\n

See how they work in conversation, practice using each one, and then you will get a feel for which one is most natural in the right circumstance. <\/p>\n