Grammar question about commutative diagrams To say that a map turns a diagram into a commutative diagram which of the following sentences is correct?


*

*The map makes the diagram commute 

*The map makes the diagram commutes

*The map makes the diagram commutative

*The map makes to commute the diagram


Correct:


*

*The map makes the diagram commute. – This is the most common.

*The map makes the diagram commutative. – Also seen, but rarer.


Wrong:


*

*The map makes the diagram commutes. – English grammar demands a bare infinitive in the "makes <noun> <verb>" construction.

*The map makes to commute the diagram. – You can't have "makes <verb> <noun>", but you can in principle say "makes <adjective or adverb> <noun>". It sounds archaic, however.
