intransitive-only verb to transitive verb phrase

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Hi to every beating heart in this live beating forum.Please guide me.Is it possible to convert all intransitive-only verb to a transitive verb phrase?Despair --&gt; despaired of

AlpheccaStars · Accepted Answer

MIGIs it possible to convert an intransitive-only verb to a transitive verb phrase?

Generally not. Some verbs have both a transitive and an intransitive usage. It all depends on the sentence, and the meaning of the verb in the sentence.

Roses smell sweet. (intransitive)
She smelled the roses. (transitive)

The water was boiling in the pot. (intransitive)
We were boiling water for coffee. (transitive)

John slept all day. (intransitive)
John went to school today. (intransitive)
There is no transitive form.

MIG · Answer

Thank you very much AlpheccaStars.

MIG · Answer

Please pardon me for bringing this up again.

Few days ago dear CallifJim thought me a new word(despair).

I despaired of (ever) getting a [correct / satisfactory / timely] answer.

I am still vague on tense of this verb in the above sentence.
Q) How listener will understand its tense?
Q) How "I depaired of" can substitute "I was disappointed of"?

Me orginal post.

Please help me. I am very confused.
Thank you very much in advance.

CalifJim · Answer

MIGI am still vague on tense of this verb in the above sentence.

despaired? It's got -ed. It's past tense.

MIGHow "I despaired of" can substitute "I was disappointed of"?

disappointed of is not correct English, so you can't substitute it for anything, really.

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Note that in these examples, despaired is a verb and disappointed is an adjective. This means that -ed at the end of despaired indicates past tense, but -ed at the end of disappointed doesn't.

CJ

MIG · Answer

Thank you very much CalifJim.

CalifJimdisappointed of is not correct English

I do apologize. I should have wrote:

I was disappointed not to get a correct answer.

I have one more question:
Dose it sound natural to say :

Thank you, I despaired of (ever) getting a correct answer.

Fivejedjon · Answer

MIGI should have wrote:

...written ,,,

MIGDose it sound n

Does ...

MIGDoee it sound natural to say :Thank you, I despaired of (ever) getting a correct answer.

Yes

MIG · Answer

Thank you very much fivejedjon.

fivejedjon MIGI should have wrote:...written ,,,MIGDose it sound nDoes ...MIGDoee it sound natural to say :Thank you, I despaired of (ever) getting a correct answer.Yes

I am very sorry.
Thank you again.

Mister Micawber · Answer

MIGI am very sorry. Thank you again.

Please stop inserting all the emoticons and coloured type, MIG—and concentrate on using English carefully and thoughtfully. The colours and symbols add nothing to your posts except confusion for the reader.

AlpheccaStars · Answer

I despaired of ever getting a satisfactory answer.

It is difficult to paraphrase this sentence exactly, but here is something that is fairly close:

I lost hope and lamented that I would never get a satisfactory answer.

It is past tense.

There is a verb disappoint:
His performance at the recital disappointed everyone. He could have played much better.

The past participle is often used as an adjective.
He was very disappointed in his own performance.

MIG · Answer

Thank you very much AlpheccaStars.

AlpheccaStarsI lost hope and lamented that I would never get a satisfactory answer.

Would you please check the sentences below:

1) Finally, thank you (for your help), I had lost my hope and had been lamented in getting a satisfactory answer.
2) Thank you ( your answer was helpful), I had been disappointed not to get a satisfactory answer.

Are they polite? I don't want to sound sarcastic.

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