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La terapia rende possibile il progresso.

La terapia rende possibile il progresso.
Therapy makes progress possible.
From Lesson 187:Avoiding the subjunctive with di (penso di andare)·Italian

Questions & Answers about La terapia rende possibile il progresso.

Why is the verb rendere used here instead of fare for "makes"?
When "to make" means "to cause something to be a certain way" (like making something possible, happy, or clear), Italian uses the verb rendere. You generally use fare when physically creating, building, or doing something.
Why is the word order rende possibile il progresso instead of keeping the noun and adjective in the English order (rende il progresso possibile)?
In Italian, when a verb and an adjective work together to express a single idea, they prefer to stay side-by-side. While rende il progresso possibile is understandable, keeping the adjective right next to the verb (rende possibile) sounds much more natural.
Why do terapia and progresso have the definite articles la and il when they don't in English?
In English, we drop the article when talking about broad, abstract concepts like "therapy" or "progress" in a general sense. Italian almost always requires the definite article for these general and abstract nouns.
Since the current lesson is about using di + infinitive, would I need di if I changed this to "Therapy makes it possible to progress"?
No, you would attach the verb directly: La terapia rende possibile progredire. While many expressions require di before an infinitive, rendere possibile connects straight to the action without a preposition.

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