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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
Verbs
please illustrate how can i determine transitive and intransitive verbs in a sentence
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Transitive verbs take a direct object. For example : We left him because he wouldn't listen to us. So the verb left takes a direct object, which is him .
- Transitive verbs take a direct object.
- For example : We left him because he wouldn't listen to us.
- So the verb left takes a direct object, which is him .
- In the other hand, Intransitive verbs don't take a direct object like this sentence : The baby cried two hours ago.
- The verb cried doesn't take a direct object.
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Transitive verbs take a direct object. For example :
We left him because he wouldn't listen to us. So the verb left takes a direct object, which is him.
In the other hand, Intransitive verbs don't take a direct object like this sentence :
The baby cried two hours ago. The verb cried doesn't take a direct object. the phrase two
We left him because he wouldn't listen to us. So the verb left takes a direct object, which is him.
In the other hand, Intransitive verbs don't take a direct object like this sentence :
The baby cried two hours ago. The verb cried doesn't take a direct object. the phrase two
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