Asked by Sophie

It doesn't make me really happy. - okay
It doesn't make me real happiness? - wrong
It doesn't give me real happiness. - okay

Why I need to use give on the third sentence and not make to make my sentence correct? Both make and give are verb...but why give?
Answered by Reed
"happy" is an adverb modifying "me". I can't "give" you happy or sad or any adverb. I can make you happy. "happiness" is a noun. I can't make you happiness, unless I can form it out of clay or make it in a factory, etc. I can "give" you happiness by making you happy.
Answered by Reed
OOPS. I'm sorry. I don't know why I typed "adverb". In this sentence, "happy" is an ADJECTIVE.
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