Elements of English Grammar: With a Chapter on Essay WritingUniversity Press, 1910 - 336 pages |
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... Intransitive Verb is one which indicates ( 1 ) an action not directed towards some object , or ( 2 ) a state . The student may occasionally be puzzled to determine whether a verb is used transitively or intransitively , for many verbs ...
... Intransitive Verb is one which indicates ( 1 ) an action not directed towards some object , or ( 2 ) a state . The student may occasionally be puzzled to determine whether a verb is used transitively or intransitively , for many verbs ...
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... Intransitive Verbs are used as Transitives in these ways : 1. A verb , usually intransitive , is occasionally employed with a transitive force : Ordinarily Intransitive . The horse walks . I will run there . The ship floats . Birds fly ...
... Intransitive Verbs are used as Transitives in these ways : 1. A verb , usually intransitive , is occasionally employed with a transitive force : Ordinarily Intransitive . The horse walks . I will run there . The ship floats . Birds fly ...
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... Intransitive . The glass broke . The chair moved . The door slammed . The lid opened . The snow melted . The criminal reformed . Some writers regard these intransitive uses as apparent rather than real , and consider the verbs to be ...
... Intransitive . The glass broke . The chair moved . The door slammed . The lid opened . The snow melted . The criminal reformed . Some writers regard these intransitive uses as apparent rather than real , and consider the verbs to be ...
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... Intransitive verbs of incom- plete predication . As there is this ambiguity in its meaning , the best course is to dispense with its use altogether . 142. Auxiliary and Notional Verbs . When we come to the conjugation of the verb , we ...
... Intransitive verbs of incom- plete predication . As there is this ambiguity in its meaning , the best course is to dispense with its use altogether . 142. Auxiliary and Notional Verbs . When we come to the conjugation of the verb , we ...
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... intransitively : —strike , shake , stop , roll , boil , survive , wake , burst , upset , grow . 3. Distinguish the terms Transitive , Intransitive , Active , Passive . State which of these terms you would apply to the verbs in the ...
... intransitively : —strike , shake , stop , roll , boil , survive , wake , burst , upset , grow . 3. Distinguish the terms Transitive , Intransitive , Active , Passive . State which of these terms you would apply to the verbs in the ...
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