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Hela Posted 21 years ago
Grammar
intensive VS intransitive verbs
Dear teachers,
There's something I still don’t grasp is to know when a verb like become, appear, grow, remain, stay, stand and seem (in which category would you list these verbs?); and verbs involving the senses like feel, look, smell, sound and taste are considered intransitive or intensive. Is it that if these kinds of verbs (and others?) are not followed by a complement or an object they are automatically intransitive? Would you please give me examples where both situations appear and how to recognize them?
Miriam has given me the sentence:
"Your dreams will come true."
How can I know that "will come" is an intensive verb is it because "true" here must be an adjective?
Thanks a lot.
Have a nice weekend,
Hela
There's something I still don’t grasp is to know when a verb like become, appear, grow, remain, stay, stand and seem (in which category would you list these verbs?); and verbs involving the senses like feel, look, smell, sound and taste are considered intransitive or intensive. Is it that if these kinds of verbs (and others?) are not followed by a complement or an object they are automatically intransitive? Would you please give me examples where both situations appear and how to recognize them?
Miriam has given me the sentence:
"Your dreams will come true."
How can I know that "will come" is an intensive verb is it because "true" here must be an adjective?
Thanks a lot.
Have a nice weekend,
Hela
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Hello Hela I'm not quite sure what you want to know, but let me make a try. In short, an intransitive verb is the one that does not take a direct object. In another words, there is no receiver of the action expressed by an intransitive verb.
- Hello Hela I'm not quite sure what you want to know, but let me make a try.
- In short, an intransitive verb is the one that does not take a direct object.
- In another words, there is no receiver of the action expressed by an intransitive verb.
- My dreams will come true .
- Here "true" is an adjective and a complement.
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Hello Hela
I'm not quite sure what you want to know, but let me make a try.
In short, an intransitive verb is the one that does not take a direct object. In another words, there is no receiver of the action expressed by an intransitive verb.
My dreams will come true.
Here "true" is an adjective and a complement. As there is no direct object
I'm not quite sure what you want to know, but let me make a try.
In short, an intransitive verb is the one that does not take a direct object. In another words, there is no receiver of the action expressed by an intransitive verb.
My dreams will come true.
Here "true" is an adjective and a complement. As there is no direct object
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Thank you Paco for your explanations! They are very useful but what I wanted to know is when to decide if a verb is intransitive and when it is copular. Maybe we call it intransitive when it's followed by an adverbial and copular when it's followed with a noun or adjective = complement. What do you think?
Ciao,
Hela
Ciao,
Hela
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Hi Hella
A copular verb is a kind of intransitive verb. So we can't tell the difference between an intransitive verb and a copular verb. Or do you mean you want to know any way to differentiate copular verbs and non-copular verbs among intransitive verbs? If so, it is very easy. Copular verbs are quite few. Stative copular verbs: be, appear, feel, look, seem, sound, taste,
A copular verb is a kind of intransitive verb. So we can't tell the difference between an intransitive verb and a copular verb. Or do you mean you want to know any way to differentiate copular verbs and non-copular verbs among intransitive verbs? If so, it is very easy. Copular verbs are quite few. Stative copular verbs: be, appear, feel, look, seem, sound, taste,
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Hello,
I have a question of my own now. I got quite lost in English verbs typology. Both stative and dynamic verbs can be either extensive or intensive. Would then intensive verbs be defined as consisting of copular and subject complment and never transitive? I understand that extensive might be divided into transitive and intransitive. Transtive can be used in passive voice, and intran
I have a question of my own now. I got quite lost in English verbs typology. Both stative and dynamic verbs can be either extensive or intensive. Would then intensive verbs be defined as consisting of copular and subject complment and never transitive? I understand that extensive might be divided into transitive and intransitive. Transtive can be used in passive voice, and intran
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Google "intensive verb" "extensive verb".
You will get very few hits, which says to me that this is highly specialized terminology, and not standard.
Maybe the few hits you get will help, but what I saw seemed to be some sort of outline of a computer approach to grammar, or some such thing.
CJ
You will get very few hits, which says to me that this is highly specialized terminology, and not standard.
Maybe the few hits you get will help, but what I saw seemed to be some sort of outline of a computer approach to grammar, or some such thing.
CJ
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Hello June
I'm not a linguist but let me tell a bit I knew. "Intensive verbs" and "extensive verbs" are terms used by MAK Halliday, a socio-linguist who published many linguistic books in 1960s. Roughly speaking, he used "intensive verbs" to mean "linking verbs", though he divided them further into two classes :"verbs used to state attributions" (EX: He is a student; She see
I'm not a linguist but let me tell a bit I knew. "Intensive verbs" and "extensive verbs" are terms used by MAK Halliday, a socio-linguist who published many linguistic books in 1960s. Roughly speaking, he used "intensive verbs" to mean "linking verbs", though he divided them further into two classes :"verbs used to state attributions" (EX: He is a student; She see
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