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Silencio Tarsier Posted 4 years ago
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Jet aircraft line the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk as it plies the waters of the Gulf, Friday March 7, 2003

jet aircraft line the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk as it plies the waters of the Gulf, Friday March 7, 2003.


Is line here a vt. ?

  

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Silencio Tarsier jet aircraft line the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk as it plies the waters of the Gulf, Friday March 7, 2003. Is line here a vt. Yes: the verb "line" has the noun phrase the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Haw as its direct object, so it must be transitive.

  • Silencio Tarsier jet aircraft line the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk as it plies the waters of the Gulf, Friday March 7, 2003.
  • Is line here a vt.
  • Yes: the verb "line" has the noun phrase the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Haw as its direct object, so it must be transitive.
  • Note that the verb "plies" is also transitive: it has the noun phrase the waters of the Gulf as its direct object.
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Silencio Tarsier

jet aircraft line the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk as it plies the waters of the Gulf, Friday March 7, 2003.


Is line here a vt. ?

Yes: the verb "line" has the noun phrase the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Haw as its direct object, so it must be transitive.

Note that the ve

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