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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

transitive vs. intransitive

I came across a book which indicates that touch on is intransitive.

Isn't it transitive because you touch on a subject or a point?

I am preparing a lesson and would like to be clear myself.
Thanks, Eileen
  

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Yes, it is always transitive. The speaker didn't once touch on issues of poverty.

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  • Yes, it is always transitive.
  • The speaker didn't once touch on issues of poverty.
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Yes, it is always transitive.

The speaker didn't once touch on issues of poverty.
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Anonymous I came across a book which indicates that touch on is intransitive.Isn't it transitive because you touch on a subject or a point?I am preparing a lesson and would like to be clear myself.Thanks, Eileen
Yes. In most cases it needs an object thus being transitive.

I've found in the Oxford English-English Dictionary this:

"come or brin
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AnonymousYes. In most cases it needs an object thus being transitive.
The topic concerns the phrasal verb touch on (to mention a subject), not touch.
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The speaker didn't once touch on issues of poverty.
This is wrong exemplification because the phrasal verb touch on (or upon) differs in meaning with the verb touch.
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Aspara Gus AnonymousYes. In most cases it needs an object thus being transitive.The topic concerns the phrasal verb touch on (to mention a subject), not touch.
Oh yes, I'm eating my hat.
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AnonymousThis is wrong exemplification because the phrasal verb touch on (or upon) differs in meaning with the verb touch.
Reread the OP's question.
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