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Dudumuzik Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

transitive verb and intransitive verb

i am still confused when i use transitive verb and intransitive verb

what is the difference between :"i knocked at the door"and "i knocked the door"
  

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Hello Dudumuzik, Welcome to the forums. A transitive verb requires a direct object. " There is an expression "knock wood," but it's an idiom.

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  • Hello Dudumuzik, Welcome to the forums.
  • A transitive verb requires a direct object.
  • " There is an expression "knock wood," but it's an idiom.
  • Was your question specifically about the verb "to knock" or about transitive verbs in general?
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Hello Dudumuzik,

Welcome to the forums.

A transitive verb requires a direct object. You picked a hard one - grammatically, we don't say "I knocked the door." There is an expression "knock wood," but it's an idiom.

Was your question specifically about the verb "to knock" or about transitive verbs in general?
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I want to know more about transitive verb and intransitive one.it is so prevalent that there are so many verbs which have both two forms.

such as POKE

He was poking at the ashes.

Don't poke into my private affairs.

He poked about in a second-hand bookstore.

I think they all have objects(ash, a
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DudumuzikI want to know more about transitive verb and intransitive one.it is so prevalent that there are so many verbs which have both two forms.

such as POKE

He was poking at the ashes.

Don't poke into my private affairs.

He poked about in a second-hand bookstore.

I think they all ha
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