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AH020387 Posted 16 years ago
Vocabulary

Consult

'Consult' only means 'seek advice' it cannot mean 'to give advice'?
  

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It's intransitive. He consulted with me. I consulted with him.

— Avangi

  • It's intransitive.
  • He consulted with me.
  • I consulted with him.
  • We consulted together.
  • I don't think it really specifies who is the consultee and who is the consultor.
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It's intransitive. He consulted with me. I consulted with him. We consulted together.
I don't think it really specifies who is the consultee and who is the consultor. I believe we rely on context for that.

But I'm not really sure that there's no transitive meaning.
We do say, "I consulted him." "He consulted me."
I really think this can be to seek advic
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