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H M Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

wash away

I have a question of how to use "wash away" in the sentence below.

1) Without the trees, the good soil washed away during heavy rains.

Dictionalis say that "wash away" work as "transitive verb" and its example sentence is belwo.

2) Heavy rains washed away the soil.

I understand the meaning of 1), but can't understand the structure.

Does inversion happen in the sentence 1)??
Is it related to "without" or not??
Could you explain it??

or "wash away" can mean "be washed away" ??

Thanks a lot!
  

Top answer

Is it related to "without" or not?? No and no. t.

— Mister Micawber

  • Is it related to "without" or not??
  • No and no.
  • t.
  • i.
  • The intransive S = the transitive DO.
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H MDoes inversion happen in the sentence 1)??Is it related to "without" or not??
No and no.

'Wash (away)' is an ergative verb, which can be either v.t. or v.i. The intransive S = the transitive DO.

John tasted the pudding. / The pudding tasted good.
John wore the jeans for 20 years. / John's jeans wore well.
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Thanks a lot for your help!

I got it!!! :-)
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<1) Without the trees, the good soil washed away during heavy rains.>

Mediopassive?
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