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 #2 (permalink) Mon Jan 08, 2007 14:57 pm What are the transitive and intransitive verbs? |
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Th process is initiated by.........
Can we say" The process initiates by...............
something else: why when someone has finished doing something doe we say'm finished , he is finished why don't we say Ihave finished or he HAS FIFISHED? |
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| #3 (permalink) Mon Jan 08, 2007 15:02 pm Days of the week |
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Could you show the difference:
days of the week
the days of the week
the days of week
End of the the examination
The end of the examination |
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| #4 (permalink) Mon Jan 08, 2007 21:13 pm What are the transitive and intransitive verbs? |
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| Sultano wrote: |
Th process is initiated by.........
Can we say" The process initiates by...............
something else: why when someone has finished doing something doe we say'm finished , he is finished why don't we say Ihave finished or he HAS FIFISHED? |
Hi Sultano,
Only 'The process is initiated by...' seems logical and correct to me.
I have finished (finish is a verb that can be transitive and intransitive. I think "I have finished' is incomplete, that is 'finish' is transitive in your example, requiring a direct object
He is finished has another meaning and denotes the state of being ended, finished, ruined, dead in my interpretation :( )
is finished -the compound nominal predicate (predicate adjective). |
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| #5 (permalink) Mon Jan 08, 2007 21:23 pm What are the transitive and intransitive verbs? |
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| Sultano wrote: |
What are the transitive and intransitive verbs?
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A verb can be transitive and intransitive. Transitive verbs can take a direct object, i.e. they express an action which passes on to a person or thing directly. Here belong such words as to take, to give, to bring, to love etc.
Ex.Jon had never loved her so much...
Intransitive verbs cannot take a direct object. Here belong such verbs as to stand, to sleep, to laugh etc.
Ex.She shrank slowly away from him, and stood quite still.
NB: There are verbs that can be both transitive and intransitive. Take a look at the link:
Verbs both transitive and intransitive: spoil, etc
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