2013年3月20日 · This "is" is not really intransitive, which is a different verb category. There are two uses of "to be" as an intransitive verb: (1) when "to be" has lexical meaning (of "existence"): I think, therefore I am; he thinks, therefore he is.

2010年11月30日 · The article defines, helpfully in my view, an intransitive verb like this: an intransitive verb is a verb that is associated with only one noun or noun phrase and goes on to point out that in English this noun or noun phrase is always the subject. This means that when we talk of a verb being, in general terms, transitive or intransitive we are ...

2008年11月28日 · Elaborating a bit on this issue, I came across a Grammar by Kittredge and Farley, stating that "an intransitive verb followed by a preposition is often used in the passive, the object of the preposition becoming the subject of the verb. Exs. Everybody laughed at him.~ He was laughed at by everybody.--- The cart ran over me~I was run over by the ...

2012年11月26日 · Most grammars say that a verb is transitive whenever it takes an object, whether direct or indirect; otherwise it is intransitive. Some grammarians like Grevisse and Goosse say that a verb is transitive whenever it takes a direct object; otherwise it is intransitive, i.e., whether it takes no object or an indirect one. Le Bon Usage (§279):

2015年3月7日 · Usually, as a transitive verb, "to love someone or something." As an intransitive verb, it just shows the action of "love," regardless of who you love. "Poets should love," for example.

2013年9月23日 · Hello, I understand that the verb 'visit' is normally used as a transitive verb as in 'visit a person or a place.' In the meantime, I also understand its usage as an intransitive verb is OK as shown in most dictionaries. Considering such, in …

2005年1月5日 · 2) The same verb can sometimes be intransitive, and other times transitive. For instance, I could also say: "I woke up James this morning". In this case, the verb "to wake up" would have an object, James, who "I woke up", so it would be transitive.

2005年6月11日 · fly intransitive verb [...] 5 : to operate or travel in an airplane or spacecraft transitive verb 1 a : to cause to fly, float, or hang in the air <flying a kite> b : to operate (as a balloon, aircraft, rocket, or spacecraft) in flight c : to journey over or through by flying Merriam Webster Online

2013年9月20日 · To find a transitive verb, you must look, in the sentence, for a noun or noun phrase *right after the verb* ##; in the first case, only some adjectives may intervene. NO prepositions. The noun or noun phrase answers the question, "what or who is directly acted upon." ##or the sentence without change of meaning can be re arranged that way.

2021年8月24日 · The verb go is intransitive. I don’t think it ever takes a direct object. In other words, you can’t say “I go [noun or pronoun]” where you mean that go is what you do to that thing or person. Even in a set phrase like “go shopping” (i.e. go …