For non native English speakers, it's difficult to find out which verbs have two grammatical aspects, being active or passive.
For example:
close:
1) to stop being open (active)
2) to make something stop being open (passive)
sell:
1) to give something to someone in exchange for money (active)
2) be bought (passive)
My questions: Can you name other similar verbs? And please tell me what the name of these verbs is.
Thanks.
'close' belongs to a category of verbs called ergative verbs. org/wiki/Category:English_ergative_verbs 'sell' is a verb that can be used in a 'middle voice construction'. These trousers wear well.
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'close' belongs to a category of verbs called ergative verbs.
See https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Category:English_ergative_verbs
'sell' is a verb that can be used in a 'middle voice construction'.
These trousers wear well.
This Volvo drives like a tank.