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Noname 8048 Posted 10 years ago
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1. [with object] Grasp, carry, or support with one's arms or hands.
‘she was holding a brown leather suitcase’
[no object] ‘he held on to the back of a chair’
This was a meaning of 'hold.'
It say it needs object in sentence and then a example showing that no object is required in this case shows up.
How am I supposed to understand this?
transitive when used in meaning number one ? or intransitive?
And a link, in case you need : https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/hold
‘she was holding a brown leather suitcase’
[no object] ‘he held on to the back of a chair’
This was a meaning of 'hold.'
It say it needs object in sentence and then a example showing that no object is required in this case shows up.
How am I supposed to understand this?
transitive when used in meaning number one ? or intransitive?
And a link, in case you need : https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/hold
Top answer
Noname 8048 How am I supposed to understand this? " It can be either transitive (with an object) or intransitive (no object). Here is a transitive example: ‘she was holding a brown leather suitcase’.
- Noname 8048 How am I supposed to understand this?
- " It can be either transitive (with an object) or intransitive (no object).
- Here is a transitive example: ‘she was holding a brown leather suitcase’.
- Here is an intransitive example: ‘he held on to the back of a chair’.
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Noname 8048How am I supposed to understand this?The most frequent meaning of "hold" is "Grasp, carry, or support with one's arms or hands."
It can be either transitive (with an object) or intransitive (no object).
Here is a transitive example: ‘she was holding a brown leather suitcase’.
Here is an intransitive example: ‘he held on to the
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