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Lupa.pinheiro Posted 22 years ago
Grammar

Phrasal transitive X intransitive verbs

Does anyone know how to explain me de differences between phrasal transitive and intransitive verbs?
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Hello, Lupa The difference between transitive and intransitive verbs is that transitive verbs take objects (direct and/or indirect), whereas intransitive verbs will not accept them. This difference applies also to phrasal verbs (multi-word verbs that consist of a verb plus an adverbial particle). 1.

— Miriam

  • Hello, Lupa The difference between transitive and intransitive verbs is that transitive verbs take objects (direct and/or indirect), whereas intransitive verbs will not accept them.
  • This difference applies also to phrasal verbs (multi-word verbs that consist of a verb plus an adverbial particle).
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  • Transitive phrasal verbs: - They take an pbject.
  • - The particle may precede or follow the direct object: "They turned on the lights" or "They turned the lights on " - However, when the object is a pronoun , the particle cannot precede it: "They turned them on " is correct.
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Hello, Lupa Emotion: smile

The difference between transitive and intransitive verbs is that transitive verbs take objects (direct and/or
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Hello,

transitive verbs can take an object but intransitive can not.

Bye

Alena
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00How would you analyse this sentence, please?02br
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00"He frightened the dog away": Would you considered it as02br
00a) He = Subject; frightened = verb; the dog = direct object; away = adverbial?02br
00OR02br
00b) a) He = Subject; frightened away = verb; the dog = direct object?02br

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0 It's the second one. 02br
01i00 frightened away the dog; frightened the dog away; frightened it away02i02br
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00 Note, however, that there is no contradiction with the idea that "frightened away" (a phrasal verb) consists of "frightened" (a verb) and "away" (an adverb or a particle or an adverbial particle*).02br
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0And what about this?02br
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00He kicked the door open. 02br
00a) He = subject; kicked = verb; the garden gate = direct object; open = adverbial of manner? OR 02br
00b) He = subject; kicked open = verb; the garden gate = direct object? 02br
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00Have nice weekend,02br
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0 I would analyze 01i00kicked, the door, 02i00and 01i00open02i00 as verb, direct object, and direct object complement (adjectival), respectively.02br
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00 kick the door so that the door is open / an open door02br
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0Good morning Jim,02br
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00Some may say that since the meaning of "frighten" doesn't change when we add the adverb "away" so "frighten away" is not a true phrasal verb and the sentence above should be analysed as (a), i.e.,02br
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00He = subject; frighten = verb; the dog = direct object; away = adverbial of place.02br
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00What w
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Can anyone tell me if the following verb (fail) is transitive or intransitive in this sentence?

"I've failed all my exams."

(I think it's intransitive!)

Thanking you in advance
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