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Ziomack Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

Shorten

"The tree branch shortens."

Does shorten work as an intransitive verb?

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g. "the days are shortening", "the odds shortened", but "the tree branch shortens" sounds odd to me. I can't visualise the situation it is referring to.

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  • "the days are shortening", "the odds shortened", but "the tree branch shortens" sounds odd to me.
  • I can't visualise the situation it is referring to.
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It can be instransitive in some cases, e.g. "the days are shortening", "the odds shortened", but "the tree branch shortens" sounds odd to me. I can't visualise the situation it is referring to.

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