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Grammar
Intransitive or not
company A and B are merging in an $11 billion stock deal
here
company A and B------is the compound subject
are merging---- transitive verb
in an .....deal----- prepositional phrase
The doubt which i have is that "are merging" can also be an intransitive verb,becoz it is not followed by an object.
can you analyse what is this " in an $11 billion stock deal"
RSVP
RAJI HARI
here
company A and B------is the compound subject
are merging---- transitive verb
in an .....deal----- prepositional phrase
The doubt which i have is that "are merging" can also be an intransitive verb,becoz it is not followed by an object.
can you analyse what is this " in an $11 billion stock deal"
RSVP
RAJI HARI
Top answer
deal'----- prepositional phrase as a verb complement Hope this helps.
- deal'----- prepositional phrase as a verb complement Hope this helps.
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Hi Raji,
The verb phrase is not transitive, it is intransitive:
'company A and B'------is the compound subject
'are merging'---- intransitive verb
'in an .....deal'----- prepositional phrase as a verb complement
Hope this helps.
The verb phrase is not transitive, it is intransitive:
'company A and B'------is the compound subject
'are merging'---- intransitive verb
'in an .....deal'----- prepositional phrase as a verb complement
Hope this helps.
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