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Liveinjapan Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
Transitive and intransitive
The computer automatically turns on.
The computer is automatically turned on.
It seems the first type is used as frequently as the second one, so are both correct and do they mean the same?
thanks.
The computer is automatically turned on.
It seems the first type is used as frequently as the second one, so are both correct and do they mean the same?
thanks.
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Actually, I think the first may be more common, when it does not read 'The computer automatically turns itself on'. I've forgotten the term for this verb type ( the lights turn on automatically, these glasses break easily , etc). CJ probably knows.
- Actually, I think the first may be more common, when it does not read 'The computer automatically turns itself on'.
- I've forgotten the term for this verb type ( the lights turn on automatically, these glasses break easily , etc).
- CJ probably knows.
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Actually, I think the first may be more common, when it does not read 'The computer automatically turns itself on'. I've forgotten the term for this verb type (the lights turn on automatically, these glasses break easily, etc). CJ probably knows.
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Thanks, Mr M.
Do you mean the first does not mean "The computer automatically turns itself on"?
Do you mean the first does not mean "The computer automatically turns itself on"?
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They are synonymous, but we often add 'itself'—that was my point.
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