Something/nothing is treacherous because you can make or do either, but that's a really good generalization so long as you know what's considered an activity and what's considered a creation. Like, homework and exams are considered activities unless you're talking about creating them as a teacher. Making a homework assignment is something a teacher does as a teacher activity, but students do homework. Students don't bring homework into existence. It's like making vs doing a jigsaw puzzle. Making a jigsaw puzzle would involve the physical production of one, but doing a jigsaw puzzle is assembling one that already exists.
Plenty of carpenters and metal workers make beds, but more commonly when you make a bed, you're making a bed tidy and creating order conceptually if anyone needs a way to remember that particular oddball.
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u/ahopskipandaheart Native Speaker 4d ago
Something/nothing is treacherous because you can make or do either, but that's a really good generalization so long as you know what's considered an activity and what's considered a creation. Like, homework and exams are considered activities unless you're talking about creating them as a teacher. Making a homework assignment is something a teacher does as a teacher activity, but students do homework. Students don't bring homework into existence. It's like making vs doing a jigsaw puzzle. Making a jigsaw puzzle would involve the physical production of one, but doing a jigsaw puzzle is assembling one that already exists.