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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

Help with transitive/intransitive verb to see

Okay, I know that transitive verbs take an object. Intransitive don't

So, "I see"-intransitive verb example

in "I see a duck"-transitive verb, object is duck

But what about the sentence " I see the cars crashing"-What is this verb, transitive or intransitive? IF transitive, what would the object be? Wouldn't be more intransitive since there isn't something directly having the action on?

Thanks to anyone who could clear this up.
  

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I see the cars crashing In this sentence, are you seeing something? What is it?

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I see the cars crashing
In this sentence, are you seeing something? What is it?
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Perhaps you're concerned about the two verbs in your sentence.

"See" is a transitive verb.

"crashing" is an intransitive verbal.

I see the man opening the door. In this case both the verb and the verbal are transitive. They both have objects.
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"I can see!" Exclaimed the old man a minute after he was the medicine. Is 'see' transitive here too?
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Anonymous"I can see!
It is intransitive in your sentence. It is referring to the faculty of sight.

"I can see!" exclaimed the old man a minute after he took was the medicine.
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