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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
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He reads a lot
He reads a lot.
Is "reads" intransitive in the above?
Is "reads" intransitive in the above?
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Anonymous He reads a lot. Is "reads" intransitive in the above? Without context, yes.
- Anonymous He reads a lot.
- Is "reads" intransitive in the above?
- Without context, yes.
- We assume "a lot" describes how often the reading takes place.
- You might be able to develop a scenario, though, in which the context sets up "a lot" to be an object that implies "a lot of books".
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AnonymousHe reads a lot. Is "reads" intransitive in the above?Without context, yes. We assume "a lot" describes how often the reading takes place.
You might be able to develop a scenario, though, in which the context sets up "a lot" to be an object that implies "a lot of books". In that case, with the object, you'd have to say "reads" is transitive
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