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Persian Learner Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

Include,transitive or intransitive?

Hi there.
I looked the word 'Include' up in my dictionary and it was defined as a transitive verb.However today i came across a sentence that had used the foresaid verb as an intransitive verb (i think so):

"A sport that was eliminated from the Olympics and later included again is tennis."
  

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Persian Learner A sport that was eliminated from the Olympics and later included again is tennis. When transitive verbs are used in the passive voice they may look different to you. In this case the "was" carries over into the second clause of the relative construction: A sport [that was eliminated from the Olympics and ( was ) later included again] is tennis.

— CalifJim

  • Persian Learner A sport that was eliminated from the Olympics and later included again is tennis.
  • When transitive verbs are used in the passive voice they may look different to you.
  • In this case the "was" carries over into the second clause of the relative construction: A sport [that was eliminated from the Olympics and ( was ) later included again] is tennis.
  • They included the sport of tennis is active (and transitive).
  • The sport of tennis was included is the passive form of the same sentence.
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Persian LearnerA sport that was eliminated from the Olympics and later included again is tennis.
When transitive verbs are used in the passive voice they may look different to you. In this case the "was" carries over into the second clause of the relative construction:

A sport [that was eliminated from the Olympics and (was) later
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