| Comment | I agree that there's that other sense of 'trip' that's different from the one in the original post: make a quick trip to the grocery store, make three trips to the attic, make several trips with the moving truck. But that doesn't really mean a journey in the sense of traveling; it's more like covering a particular stretch of ground and coming back. Almost like 'make a visit,' maybe.
You could also use it for other short trips in the sense of something to do on the weekend, only an hour or two away, like make a little trip to see a relative, make a fast trip to the beach. But I think in that case it's also usually a familiar stretch of ground with a quick return implied, and some purpose other than travel for its own sake.
On the other end of the spectrum, I have the feeling that you might sometimes see 'make,' perhaps especially in older texts, for a really major undertaking, one with a special purpose such as trade or discovery, or one that will represent a serious accomplishment or milestone: make a journey to the Far East, make an expedition to the North Pole, make a trip to Tibet,, etc.
However, just for traveling in the general sense of going to a new place in order to see the sights or for a change of scene, as a tourist or on summer vacation, then I think we would be more likely to use 'take a trip' or 'go on a trip,' though I probably shouldn't have said 'make' was impossible. This category also includes trips where the mode of travel is a distinctive feature, like taking a trip on a train or plane, taking a cruise, taking a bus tour with a group. Perhaps it's because you buy that kind of trip as a kind of package deal; the possibility already exists for anyone, and you take it, take advantage of it, accept it.
Not sure if any of that helps. |
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