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Can you say
They make me scared
My English teacher said that we cannot say it so I looked for it on the Internet.
That in a test, the set point was "Traduisez les phrases en anglais (Translate the sentences in English)" and the sentence was "Je déteste les films d'horreur, ils me font peur." and I translated:
"I hate horror movie, they make me scared."
There's nothing wrong with "They make me scared", though "They scare me" is more direct.
You should use the plural, and if you are writing for a test, you should use a semicolon (to avoid a comma splice): "I hate horror movies; they scare me."
