Make

Hi!

An Englsih text book has a sentence below.

"Mary will make John a fine wife."

I think this is a strange sentence, but the book says it means 'Mary will be a fine wife to John.'

I wonder if this sentence has such a meaning.

Thanks for you answer.

Tom

Yes, strange as it may seem, it is understood just that way.

In West Virginia, we used "make" to mean "will become." "She's going to make a teacher." Meaning she is studying to be a teacher.