Re: HELP--Quick Transitivity Questions

En réponse à Raymond Brown <ray.brown@...>:

> >
> >They cannot take a direct object, so yes, they are intransitive :)) .
>
> Mais non, mon ami!
> Some passive verbs in English _can_ (and often do) take a direct object,
> e.g.
> "He was given the award yesterday."
>
Oops! Forgot about this one (which is quite a quirk of English grammar. Come
on, promoting the dative object? :))) ). A little too much French thinking in
my head I think :)) . Well, let's take French then, in this language my claim
works :)) .

Christophe.

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