Silence settled. Billy stopped groaning and dropped off to sleep.
I saw the above in my son's reading book.
is "settle" an active verb- the subject (silence) doing an action (settle)?
Is it an intransitive verb here?
Jigneshbharati is "settle" an active verb- the subject (silence) doing an action (settle)? Yes. Jigneshbharati Is it an intransitive verb here?
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Jigneshbharatiis "settle" an active verb- the subject (silence) doing an action (settle)?
Yes.
JigneshbharatiIs it an intransitive verb here?
Yes.
It's an unusual sentence.
CJ