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What are the transitive and intransitive verbs?



 
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What are the transitive and intransitive verbs? #1 (permalink) Mon Jan 08, 2007 14:51 pm   What are the transitive and intransitive verbs?		  
What are the transitive and intransitive verbs?

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What are the transitive and intransitive verbs? #2 (permalink) Mon Jan 08, 2007 14:57 pm   What are the transitive and intransitive verbs?		  
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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Days of the week #3 (permalink) Mon Jan 08, 2007 15:02 pm   Days of the week		  
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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What are the transitive and intransitive verbs? #4 (permalink) Mon Jan 08, 2007 21:13 pm   What are the transitive and intransitive verbs?		  
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 Sad )
is finished -the compound nominal predicate (predicate adjective).
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What are the transitive and intransitive verbs? #5 (permalink) Mon Jan 08, 2007 21:23 pm   What are the transitive and intransitive verbs?		  
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
http://www.english-test.net/forum/ftopic12189.html
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