Re: Question about transitivity/intransitivity

Roger Mills wrote:
> OK as the boast or lament of a soldier /murderer:
>
> "Yes, I killed/murdered, (and enjoyed every minute of it)" or "(and I'm
> truly sorry)"-- but the implicit object [people] is still there.
Hmm ... interesting.  For "killed" it does sound natural when there's
another clause following.  For "murder", even in that case, I would
prefer to the form "committed murder".

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