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Mercyful_fate Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

When a verb is intransitive does the subject act as the object

Like the verb Mist. Ex: My glasses misted up when I came in from the cold.

Does my glasses play the object role here as it is the thing that was misted up?
  

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Hi, Like the verb Mist. Ex: My glasses misted up when I came in from the cold. Does my glasses play the object role here as it is the thing that was misted up?

  • Hi, Like the verb Mist.
  • Ex: My glasses misted up when I came in from the cold.
  • Does my glasses play the object role here as it is the thing that was misted up?
  • No.
  • The subject of the sentence is 'glasses'.
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Hi,

Like the verb Mist. Ex: My glasses misted up when I came in from the cold.

Does my glasses play the object role here as it is the thing that was misted up?

No. The subject of the sentence is 'glasses'.

The speaker wants to tell us information about his glasses. That's the subject he wishes to

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