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Bmojtaba Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Transitive & intransitive together

hi

i know transitive verbs have passive form and intransitive dont have any passive form...kindly find the attached file

and let me know why LEAK 's first meaning is transitive and intransitive together???(it has any passive form for mentioned meaning??? )

  

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Hello, bmojtaba - and welcome to English Forums. "Intransitive and transitive' means that the verb can appear in either form. The dictionary entry then goes on to give an example in each form: the first sentence is intransitive ('is leaking') and the second sentence is transitive ('is leaking oil').

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  • Hello, bmojtaba - and welcome to English Forums.
  • "Intransitive and transitive' means that the verb can appear in either form.
  • The dictionary entry then goes on to give an example in each form: the first sentence is intransitive ('is leaking') and the second sentence is transitive ('is leaking oil').
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Hello, bmojtaba - and welcome to English Forums.

"Intransitive and transitive' means that the verb can appear in either form. The dictionary entry then goes on to give an example in each form: the first sentence is intransitive ('is leaking') and the second sentence is transitive ('is leaking oil').
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it means that the word can be transitive or intransitive depends on the rest of sentence??? for example for the second sentece we can say ('the oil i being leaked by a tanker') ...is it right????
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That's right. In total, there are many, many verbs that can be used either way.

I wrote to him. / I wrote a letter.

I batted third. / I batted the ball.

And here are some more very common ones:

do
dress
eat
play
run
sing
sleep
speak
wash
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