I wonder what it's like to make your parents proud. vs I wonder what it's like making your parents proud.

Both phrases are correct, but they have slightly different structures. The first phrase uses the infinitive form 'to make' after 'what it's like', while the second phrase uses the gerund form 'making' directly after 'what it's like'. The choice between them depends on personal preference and the desired emphasis.

Last updated: March 23, 2024

I wonder what it's like to make your parents proud.

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase uses the infinitive form 'to make' after 'what it's like'. It expresses curiosity about the experience of making your parents proud.

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I wonder what makes him think that.
I wonder what I should make for dinner.
I wonder what Nate would make of that.
I wonder what emma would make of all this.
I welcome the steps that the Commission has finally taken to address the problem but I wonder what makes them so confident that a few years' breathing space will really make any long-term difference.
We have a lot of Europeans in the gallery here with us this evening and I wonder what they make of our discussion here this evening.
I wonder who makes your top ten list.
Makes you wonder, though. I wonder what Fernando Alonso's T - shirt would say?
Sometimes I wonder what I did to make the devil punish me like this.
I wonder what she did to make him cheat.
Makes me wonder what I'm missing.
I just wonder what could make you choose to be the other woman...
I wonder if I could make my life beautiful.
But I wonder if I can make new friends...
I wonder what I did to make him think we're so close.
I wonder what further urgent comments the European Parliament should now have to make on this.
I wonder what kind of criteria would be laid down in such a code so as to make it easier or harder for workers to emigrate.
I wonder if they make "I told you so" cards in braille.
I don't know, but makes you wonder what Lance did to have them come after him.
I wonder if I could make you laugh the way that you do for me.

I wonder what it's like making your parents proud.

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase uses the gerund form 'making' directly after 'what it's like'. It also expresses curiosity about the experience of making your parents proud.

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I wonder what Donna's making for dinner.
I wonder who is making all that noise.
Wonder what she was making for dinner.
Nevertheless, I wonder what scope there is for making a further contribution.
It's like making you clean the apartment you're vacating.
It's like making a war movie without the fighting.
It's like making 450 thousand an hour.
It's like making people work on Christmas eve.
It's like making the team run suicides before a game so that they're not too excited.
Having my friends here is great, but it's like making my self-esteem go down really bad.
I can't help but wonder which part is making the judgments.
I wonder what was so important about those addresses.
I wonder what made her smile.
And I wonder what gather under bridges.
I wonder what happened to SEN.
I wonder what happened to that lost child.
You're making me wonder why I keep sparing your life when you are continually trying to take mine.
And it's just making me wonder if I should even try anymore.
And you are so making me wonder why I didn't.
You know, Olga, dear, I do wonder if we are making a mistake.

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I wonder what it's like to make your parents proud. vs I wonder what it's like making your parents proud.