No. John is singing. Intransitive.
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KhoshtipManAs far as I know there isn't any complete list of such verbs for memorizing.Here's a list of 323, but I don't see any point in memorizing them.
CalifJim 323I had no idea there were that many. The things one can learn at EF!
KhoshtipMan Isn't there any online dictionary to declare which verb is ergative and which is not?Not that I know of, though example sentences in some will illustrate the ways in which individual verbs can be used.
KhoshtipMan Is each native speaker aware of all or most of all ergative verbs?Most native speakers will know i
fivejedjonMost native speakers will know if a particular verb can be used ergatively. I would guess that fewer than 1% of native speakers know the word 'ergative' and fewer than 0.01% could list more than a couple of dozen.Your sentence is equivocal for me. Do you mean they know how to use all the verbs (including ergative ones) but can't list a large number