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CopenhagenCalling Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

OO sweet mother of verb!

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As you can see have tried to solve this task already, but please correct my mistakes:

Objective: establish the type of verb (intransitive, copula, mono-transitive, di-transitive, complex transitive) underlined in the sentences below, and establish the functions they govern (DO, OC, IO et cet.)

  1. 1. But do you really know where the person on the other end of the line is.
Intransitive.
  1. 2. Harding visits a call centre in India where the staff take crash courses in Britishness .
Mono-transitive. DO=a call centre
  1. 3. The air is humming with a thousand telephone calls.
Copula. SC=” humming with a thousand telephone calls”
  1. 4. We make our new staff watch Premier League football games on TV.
Di-transitive. IO=”new staff”, DO=”watch....”
  1. 5. It said that the Indian call centres were superior to their British counterparts in every way.
Complex-transitive. DO=”the Indian call centres”, OC=” were superior to their British counterparts in every way”
  1. 6. We don't try and teach our staff to speak with British accents.
Mono-transitive. DO=our staff
  1. 7. We give them quizzes on Britain.
Di-transitive. IO=them, DO=quizzes
  1. 8. We..allow them to surf the net.
Di-transitive. IO=them, DO=”to surf the net”
  1. 9. Call firms refuse to discuss their methods.
Mono-transitive. DO=” discuss their methods”

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Top answer

1. , that is, a trans. verb that cannot take an indirect object.

— Anonymous

  • 1.
  • , that is, a trans.
  • verb that cannot take an indirect object.
  • The verb "to know" is generally trans.
  • - it can be intrans.
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1. This is the first time I've heard these terms used, but I believe that this is mono-trans., that is, a trans. verb that cannot take an indirect object. The verb "to know" is generally trans. - it can be intrans. but its intrans. usage is rare. The group of words, "where the person on the other end of the line is", has a noun function, and is the direct object of "know". You could actually u
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hi

Here is the back ground, fyi:

Verbs that select objects are called transitive verbs and those that don't=intransitive.

If the verb selects only the Direct Object, DO, it is (mono)transitive.

if it selects the two objects IO and DO, it is ditransitive.

Verbs that select a subject predicate, SC, are called copula verbs or linking verbs

Verbs t
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4. I believe that this is complex trans., a mono-trans. verb with added stuff. "our new staff" is the dir. obj. of "make". "watch Premier....on TV" is the added stuff - this is not a noun and so it could not be a dir. or indir. obj. of a verb. The verb "make" cannot take an indir. obj.

5. I believe this is mono-trans. The words "that the Indian....in every way" is a noun and is the
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wow thank you! I will look this through very carefully right now and try to learn from it! Thank you!

Cheers from Copenhagen
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Hey again. Looking over number 6, and I have two questions. The sentence goes:

"We don't try and teach our staff to speak with british accents."

1. If "we" is subject, "try..teach" is the verb phrase, and "our staff" is the direct object, DO, what function does "to speak with british accents" have?

2. The way I understand the task, it is to define what type of verb is in
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  1. 1. But do you really know where the person on the other end of the line is.
Intransitive. Mono-trans.

  1. 2. Harding visits a call centre in India where the staff take crash courses in Britishness .
Mono-transitive. DO=a call centre
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CopenhagenCalling10. "It was the poem which most stimulated him."
I would say:
mono-transitive. DO=the poem.
No. was is a copula. the poem is an SC.

CJ
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LOL and I thought I was just getting the hang of it! I have much to learn! I will go through your comments very carefully. Thank you so much for your instruction!

Cheers from Copenhagen
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UPDATED FROM HERE:

Okay this is what I have so far, please do feel welcome to comment or correct
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Since this IS from a test, I am slightly confused that there is no example of a complex transitive verb (takes both DO and OC), but I see no Object Compliment in any of the sentences?!
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