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Abdul quddus Posted 15 years ago
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Is 'approve' transitive or intransitive???
i have got cambridge dictionary with me,found 'approve' as intransitive but in practice it takes the object e.g i dont approve of smoking,i dont approve of ur attitude etc is it a problem of my dictionary???
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It's called intransitive because you have to use a preposition ( of ) to complete the meaning. We don't say, I don't approve smoking . We say, I don't approve of smoking .
- It's called intransitive because you have to use a preposition ( of ) to complete the meaning.
- We don't say, I don't approve smoking .
- We say, I don't approve of smoking .
- IF we could say, I don't approve smoking , the dictionary would list it as transitive.
- This is true of all verbs that need a preposition to complete the meaning.
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It's called intransitive because you have to use a preposition (of) to complete the meaning.
We don't say, I don't approve smoking. We say, I don't approve of smoking.
IF we could say, I don't approve smoking, the dictionary would list it as transitive.
This is true of all verbs that need a preposition to complete the meaning. If you
We don't say, I don't approve smoking. We say, I don't approve of smoking.
IF we could say, I don't approve smoking, the dictionary would list it as transitive.
This is true of all verbs that need a preposition to complete the meaning. If you
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But there are two cases :
1) approve sth ,e.g. Proposal
2) approve of sth
so I think 'approve ' is counted as both transitive and intransitive
1) approve sth ,e.g. Proposal
2) approve of sth
so I think 'approve ' is counted as both transitive and intransitive
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In both way it can be used... Approve+object(to officially accept a plan) , approve +of+object(intransitive)
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