Is this sentence grammatically correct?

Question

Andrew's father made him touched.

My understanding of this sentence is that someone(he) was moved by or felt gratitude for something Andrew's father did or said, but would it be correct to use it in the above form instead of saying,

"He was touched by Andrew's father."

Answer 1

"Andrew's father made him touched" is awkward phrasing and not really a correct use of the word "touched." "He was touched by Andrew's father" is passive voice, plus it implies physical touching rather than emotional. I also find the double possessive "Andrew's father's..." to be awkward.

I would word it more along the lines of, "He was touched by [or "grateful for"] the generosity Andrew's father showed him."

Answer 2

Hello Yj L,

In order to make this sentence that you are after grammatically correct, you would have to specify exactly what action performed by Andrew's father caused the human subject ("he") of the sentence to feel gratitude for/be touched/moved emotionally.

Therefore, the correct grammatical form for this sentence that you are after would be written as follows, as three examples of what I described in my explanation above:

He was touched by Andrew's father's generosity.

Andrew's father's generosity moved him deeply.

He was grateful for Andrew's father's generosity.