“Blood pressure” is a noun, so this “to” can’t be an infinitive marker. I have no idea what the preposition “to” is trying to do. Connect and share knowledge within a single location that is structured and easy to search. If the verb is “causes”, do use an infinitive with the “to” marker as the object complement. Standing for a long time causes blood pressure to be low. Presumably, it usually happens after learning auxiliary verbs (be, do, have) and the subject-verb-inversion in Yes/No questions.

If the verb is “makes”, then the object complement can be a bare infinitive, an adjective, or a noun. There is no clear pattern to which verbs license ordinary infinitives and which license bare infinitives. The verbs that license bare infinitives are fairly rare, and pretty much have to be learned one at a time. The prepositional phrase has no useful job to do, and the verb requires a direct object. “To blood pressure” seems to be a prepositional phrase that doesn’t make any sense.

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I dont understand when to use the “cause” and the “causes”. I am writing this book review, and really need some help with this. The sentence im struggling with is “In both situations there is a lack of resources which CAUSE people to die…”. Stack Exchange network consists of what causes shrinkage in retail 183 Q&A communities including Stack Overflow, the largest, most trusted online community for developers to learn, share their knowledge, and build their careers. This alternative reading of the first sentence is sanctioned by the strangeness of its literal reading. Because the word ‘keep’ in this context means ‘to remain’ and is followed by the clause for ‘for a long time’, I would probably construct the sentence using one or the other but not both.

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So it’s those resources that are causing deaths, and there aren’t enough of those resources, which is a good thing. The question at the end of that sentence sounds odd because you are mixing a plural noun (i.e., rooms) with a singular noun (factor) before the verb. The governing verb (in this case, “causes” or “makes”) determines what kind of object complement, if any, can be used. If the verb is “causes”, then the object complement needs to be an infinitive.

• The question at the end of that sentence sounds odd because you are mixing a plural noun (i.e., rooms) with a singular noun (factor) before the verb.
• In the following examples “who1/what1” signifies subject case.
• The verbs that license bare infinitives are fairly rare, and pretty much have to be learned one at a time.
• And when you separate that from the thing in question (fire) we start wondering what a “susceptible place” is.

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“Cause for” signifies “a result or outcome of something” like “cause for immediate action”, “cause for alarm”, “cause for panic”, “cause for concern”, etc.Whereas “cause of” signifies “a source of something” like “cause of accidents”, “cause of deforestation”, etc. This sentence makes sense, and is what you probably want to write. However, it would be a little strange to describe something as a resource and as a cause of death at the same time, so I don’t think this is what you want. You ask if there is anything else unnatural in the sentence.

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• If the verb is “makes”, then the object complement can be a bare infinitive, an adjective, or a noun.
• As your link says, “to cause to be” is a definition of the word “make”.
• “Cause for” signifies “a result or outcome of something” like “cause for immediate action”, “cause for alarm”, “cause for panic”, “cause for concern”, etc.Whereas “cause of” signifies “a source of something” like “cause of accidents”, “cause of deforestation”, etc.

We could make it an infinitive if we want it to serve as the subject of the sentence. We could simply lose it and let the gerund “standing” act as the subject on its own. The rest of the sentence needs to be an object complement.

In the following examples “who1/what1” signifies subject case. As your link says, “to cause to be” is a definition of the word “make”. As such, the phrase and the word can be fairly interchangeable when used that way. Please check the below link to understand my question completely. Which causes economic damage to agricultural productivity. The idiomatic phrases “as for” and “as to” mean with respect to, concerning, about, etc.

Can I say something causes “to blood pressure be low”?

The verb “cause” licenses a normal infinitive as its object complement. The verb “make”, on the other hand, licenses a bare infinitive in the same role. If you go thorough all that was written above I can expect you have a clear understanding of the meaning of that two phrase and of when to use the one over the other. From that knowledge you can now yourself tell which sentences you have quoted in your question are right and which ones are wrong. In both situations, it is the lack of resources that causes people to die. Strictly speaking, the above sentence means that there aren’t enough resources, and the resources, were they available, would cause people to die.

As for/to the sentences 2a and 2b, they are grammatically correct. And when you separate that from the thing in question (fire) we start wondering what a “susceptible place” is. For example, a susceptible mind is a thing (and M-W’s example).

Standing for a long time causes the blood pressure to be low. There is nothing wrong with the infinitive phrase “to be low”, but there are better choices available. Two options you may want to consider are “to decrease” and “to drop”. In light of the above, the sentence 1a isn’t correct, however the sentence 1b is correct.

Some older uses of as to meaning ‘with respect to, with reference to’ (e.g. As to myself, I’m not satisfied – D. Hartley, 1748) have given way to as for (e.g. As for you, son, your mother will hear of this). Prolonged standing causes the blood pressure to decrease. Some verbs in English may be followed by an object and then by an infinitive with the particle to. Keep standing for a long time causes to blood pressure BE low. The nurse saw the patient’s blood pressure decrease and, relieved, went on to help others.