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Vsuresh Posted 15 years ago
Grammar
Transitive and intranstive
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He broke the glass. Here the verb break is used transtively.
The glass broke. Here the verb is used intranstively.
My question:
He was called to the manager's cabin.
I don't know how to relate transitive and intranstive with passive constructions.
Is the verb call used intransitively here?
I have this question because recently I heard a discourse in which the speaker gives an example like this and says the verb is used intransitiively.
He broke the glass. Here the verb break is used transtively.
The glass broke. Here the verb is used intranstively.
My question:
He was called to the manager's cabin.
I don't know how to relate transitive and intranstive with passive constructions.
Is the verb call used intransitively here?
I have this question because recently I heard a discourse in which the speaker gives an example like this and says the verb is used intransitiively.
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Hi; In a sentence in passive voice, the object of the action of the verb is in the subject position in the sentence. He was called to the manager's cabin. (passive voice, the object of the verb's action is "he") The manager called him to his cabin.
- Hi; In a sentence in passive voice, the object of the action of the verb is in the subject position in the sentence.
- He was called to the manager's cabin.
- (passive voice, the object of the verb's action is "he") The manager called him to his cabin.
- (active voice, the object is him ) An intransitive verb is a verb that does not have any possibility of an object of its action.
- Thus an intransitive verb cannot be used in a sentence in passive voice.
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Hi;
In a sentence in passive voice, the object of the action of the verb is in the subject position in the sentence.
He was called to the manager's cabin. (passive voice, the object of the verb's action is "he")
The manager called him to his cabin. (active voice, the object is him)
An intransitive verb is a verb that does not have any possib
In a sentence in passive voice, the object of the action of the verb is in the subject position in the sentence.
He was called to the manager's cabin. (passive voice, the object of the verb's action is "he")
The manager called him to his cabin. (active voice, the object is him)
An intransitive verb is a verb that does not have any possib
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