Using 'last' as a verb

ETLiverpool · Post by **ETLiverpool** » Mon Jun 06, 2016 8:29 pm

How would you explain why we can say 'to make my money last' but can't say 'to last my money.'

Thanks in advance!

Josef Essberger · Post by **Josef Essberger** » Mon Jun 13, 2016 5:30 am

The subject of the verb last is money. In the second (impossible) example, money is the object of the verb last and has no meaning. It's the subject that does the lasting.

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