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make ourselves be addicted vs make us be addicted

I'm afraid both of those phrases aren't commonly used in English. The correct way to express this idea is 'make ourselves addicted' or 'make us addicted'. The use of 'be' in both phrases is unnecessary and incorrect.
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make ourselves be addicted

This phrase is not correct in English. The use of 'be' is unnecessary.

The correct way to express this idea is 'make ourselves addicted'.
  • I think I might be addicted to Vicodin.
  • I know what it's like to be addicted.
  • I think I might actually be addicted to sugar.
  • So my definition really means that if you can't control your emotional state... you must be addicted to it.
  • I used to be addicted to crack, but now I'm off and trying to stay clean.
  • It's respectable to be addicted to profit, no matter what the cost.
  • You can't be addicted to v-necks.
  • Shinzon of Remus offers us a chance to make ourselves stronger than ever.
  • Might as well make ourselves comfortable.
  • We make ourselves dolls for their amusement.
  • Let's go make ourselves a demo.
  • It would have taken us 10 minutes to make ourselves presentable.
  • We have seven hours to make ourselves FAINTLY civilised.
  • We should make ourselves look like a charity case.
  • We do not make ourselves comfortable under a Louis Cannes's desk.
  • After that, we thought it wise to make ourselves hard to find.
  • And along the way, we learned to make ourselves comfortable.
  • And along the way, we learned to make ourselves comfortable.
  • We hit him someplace the satellites can't see, make ourselves a copy.
  • We hit him someplace the satellites can't see, make ourselves a copy.

Alternatives:

  • make ourselves addicted
  • get ourselves addicted

make us be addicted

This phrase is not correct in English. The use of 'be' is unnecessary.

The correct way to express this idea is 'make us addicted'.
  • I think I might be addicted to Vicodin.
  • I know what it's like to be addicted.
  • I think I might actually be addicted to sugar.
  • So my definition really means that if you can't control your emotional state... you must be addicted to it.
  • I used to be addicted to crack, but now I'm off and trying to stay clean.
  • It's respectable to be addicted to profit, no matter what the cost.
  • You can't be addicted to v-necks.
  • I used to be addicted to crack... but now I'm off and trying to stay clean.
  • The powder becomes irrelevant to the addict... and the addict then ceases to be addicted.
  • You know, you used to be addicted to alcohol, then heroin.
  • Mormons are not supposed to be addicted to anything.
  • Exercising our brains makes us our best.
  • Families and friends make us vulnerable.
  • Sometimes being different is what makes us great.
  • Our connection makes us perfect instruments.
  • I'll make us some drinks.
  • Empathy is what makes us human.
  • Not knowing that date makes us practically immortal.
  • Today I realize that silence makes us suffer all the deeper.
  • Technically, that makes us colleagues.

Alternatives:

  • make us addicted
  • get us addicted

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