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Re: (In)transitive verbs

From:Costentin Cornomorus <elemtilas@...>
Date:Friday, February 6, 2004, 22:09
--- "Mark J. Reed" <markjreed@...> wrote:

> The distinction itself is straightforward: if > the verb takes an > object, it's transitive; if not, it's > intransitive. English just > doesn't *make* that distinction sharply; most > verbs can be either.
Specifically, English doesn't _mark_ the distinction. We make it, as you described above, just don't make a big deal out of it.
> English is also full of phrasal verbs (verb + > preposition[s]), which > are transitive when treated as a unit but > officially analyze into an > intransitive verb modified by a prepositional > phrase: "look at", > "climb up", "watch out for", etc.
Who came up with _that_ "official" definition!? Phrasal verbs don't mean anything without their phrasal component! ;) Padraic. ===== kâsu ñomklyu tsrasi&#347;&#347;i &#347;äk kälymentwam! -- Punyavantajâtaka -- Ill Bethisad -- <http://www.geocities.com/elemtilas/ill_bethisad> Come visit The World! -- <http://www.geocities.com/hawessos/> .

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