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Anonymous Posted 18 years ago
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00I have the word 'vanish' or 'vanished' as a past tense. I think it is intransitive, meaning it takes no object and has no passive. Is that right?02br
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00So any passive construction with a kind of structure like this, 'was vanished', would be not correct. Correct? 0-
  

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0 01blockquote 01cite 10Anonymous12cite 10I think it is intransitive, meaning it takes no object and has no passive. 01blockquote 01cite 10Anonymous12cite 10So ... 'was vanished', would 11font 11del 10be12del 12font 10 not 11font 10be12font 10 correct.

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  • 0 01blockquote 01cite 10Anonymous12cite 10I think it is intransitive, meaning it takes no object and has no passive.
  • 01blockquote 01cite 10Anonymous12cite 10So ...
  • 'was vanished', would 11font 11del 10be12del 12font 10 not 11font 10be12font 10 correct.
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01cite10Anonymous12cite10I think it is intransitive, meaning it takes no object and has no passive. Is that right?12blockquote
10 That's right.01blockquote
01cite10Anonymous12cite10So ... 'was vanished', would 11font11del10be12del
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0 Some dictionaries consider it can be transitive:02br
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01i00transitive verb02i00 01b00:02b00 to cause to disappear <you 01b00can 01i00vanish02i02b00 the coin completely -- Jean Hugard>02br
00Merriam-Webster Unabridged Dict.02br
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01cite10Marius Hancu12cite10 11i10transitive verb12i10 11b10:12b10 to cause to disappear12blockquote
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