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Moon7296 Posted 15 years ago
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1. The ship sunk
2. The gust sunk the ship.
3. When the verb is used intransitive, the subject of it corresponds to the object of it when it is used transitive.
I wrote #3; is it intelligible or poorly written?
2. The gust sunk the ship.
3. When the verb is used intransitive, the subject of it corresponds to the object of it when it is used transitive.
I wrote #3; is it intelligible or poorly written?
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1. The ship sank. 2.
- 1.
- The ship sank.
- 2.
- The gust sank the ship.
- 3.
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1. The ship sank.
2. The gust sank the ship.
3. When the verb is used intransitively, its subject corresponds to its object when it is used transitively.
However, this only applies to ergative verbs. It is usually not true:
I understand sometimes.
I understand your problem.
2. The gust sank the ship.
3. When the verb is used intransitively, its subject corresponds to its object when it is used transitively.
However, this only applies to ergative verbs. It is usually not true:
I understand sometimes.
I understand your problem.
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1. When the verb is used intransitively, its subject corresponds to its object when it is used transitively.
Ah.. then if I don't mention anything about some more details in #1, people may not agree with the information because as you said "this only applies to ergative verbs."?
So, should I add something like this in #1: When the verb like #1 i
Ah.. then if I don't mention anything about some more details in #1, people may not agree with the information because as you said "this only applies to ergative verbs."?
So, should I add something like this in #1: When the verb like #1 i
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Well then, how will they know what 'a verb like #1' is? You will have to explain that they are called ergative verbs and they are limited to the verbs covered by your definition (#3). There's a list of them [url=http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Category:English_ergative_verbs]HERE[/url].
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