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Moon7296 Posted 11 years ago
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white intransitive verb?
'The real Dorian Gray?' asked Dorian quietly, his face white with fear.
Q) Is "white" used as a intranstive verb?
I looked it up in some dictionaries, and found that when white is used as a verb, it is a transitive verb. But the verb "white" in the above quote look like a intransitive verb.
Q) Is "white" used as a intranstive verb?
I looked it up in some dictionaries, and found that when white is used as a verb, it is a transitive verb. But the verb "white" in the above quote look like a intransitive verb.
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" asked Dorian quietly, (and) his face (was) white with fear (as he answered). The words in parentheses are omitted and understood from he context. Here the word "white" is a predicate adjective.
- " asked Dorian quietly, (and) his face (was) white with fear (as he answered).
- The words in parentheses are omitted and understood from he context.
- Here the word "white" is a predicate adjective.
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This is apparently elliptical: "The real Dorian Gray?" asked Dorian quietly, (and) his face (was) white with fear (as he answered). The words in parentheses are omitted and understood from he context. Here the word "white" is a predicate adjective.
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This is a description of Dorian, so white is an adjective here.
"White" as a transitive verb survives in modern usage only in the locution "white out," as to make areas of a document blank. The verb in common usage meaning make white is "whiten."
"Black" is similar, keeping its bare transitive use from blackening agents like shoe polish. Thus "to black a pair of boots." "Black
"White" as a transitive verb survives in modern usage only in the locution "white out," as to make areas of a document blank. The verb in common usage meaning make white is "whiten."
"Black" is similar, keeping its bare transitive use from blackening agents like shoe polish. Thus "to black a pair of boots." "Black
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