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	Intransitive verb - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Intransitive verbs, of course, cannot be passivized in the strict sense, However, some languages (like Dutch) have so-called impersonal passives that allow one to transform, e.
		English is rather flexible with regards to verb valency, and so it has a high number of ambitransitive verbs; other languages are more rigid and require explicit valency changing operations (voice, causative morphology, etc.) to transform a verb from intransitive to transitive or vice versa.
		In (2), the verb is intransitive and the subject is the patient of the action, i.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Intransitive_verb (701 words)

	Verb - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In syntax, a verb is a word belonging to the part of speech that usually denotes an action (bring, read), an occurrence (decompose, glitter), or a state of being (exist, stand).
		Depending on the language, a verb may vary in form according to many factors, possibly including its tense, aspect, mood and voice.
		In languages where the verb is inflected, it often agrees with its primary argument (what we tend to call the subject) in person, number and/or gender.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Verb (935 words)

	sink definition - Dictionary - MSN Encarta
		intransitive verb fall to lower level: to descend, or appear to descend, from a higher position or level to a lower one
		intransitive verb lose standing: to pass to a less desirable condition, e.g.
		intransitive verb disappear: to be no longer in existence, come to an end, or disappear, often as a result of failure
	encarta.msn.com /dictionary_/sink.html (687 words)

	Intransitive verb
		In grammar, an intransitive verb is a verb that takes no object.
		There are languages that mark verbs for their transitivity, such that the verb in "I ate" and "I ate a fish" would have different affixes.
		In addition, ergative verbs generally take complementizers, while normal intransitive verbs can take prepositional phrases.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/in/Intransitive.html (52 words)

	Intransitive Verb Particle: Tnx0Vpl (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The trees in this tree family are anchored by both the verb and the verb particle.
		Intransitive verb particles can be difficult to distinguish from intransitive verbs with adverbs adjoined on.
		The main diagnostics for including verbs in this class are whether the meaning is compositional or not, and whether there is a transitive version of the verb/verb particle combination with the same or similar meaning.
	www.cis.upenn.edu /~xtag/tech-report/node39.html (125 words)

	Verbs and Verbals
		Verbs that are intransitive do not require objects: "The building collapsed." In English, you cannot tell the difference between a transitive and intransitive verb by its form; you have to see how the verb is functioning within the sentence.
		Verbs can be combined with different prepositions and other words, sometimes with dizzying effect: stand out, stand up, stand in, stand off, stand by, stand fast, stand pat, stand down, stand against, stand for.
		These verb tenses don't have to be identical as long as they reflect, logically, shifts in time and meaning: "My brother had graduated before I started college." "My brother will have graduated before I start." Click HERE for a chart describing various time relationships and how those relationships determine the appropriate sequence of verb tenses.
	grammar.ccc.commnet.edu /grammar/verbs.htm (3203 words)

	Academic Center: English as a Foreign Language Resources
		Verbs may interact with the rest of the predicate that follows the verbs in the sentence in one of two ways, and they are classified as transitive or intransitive according to this interaction.
		Verbs which require a direct object to succeed them unless they are made passive are called transitive verbs, while verbs which require no direct object and cannot be made passive are called intransitive verbs.
		This verb is being used in an intransitive manner, and it does not require a direct object when the sentence is active.
	www.uhv.edu /ac/efl/verbstransitive.asp (514 words)

	break definition - Dictionary - MSN Encarta
		intransitive verb oceanography turn to surf: to start collapsing into surf when close to shore or hitting rocks or similar objects (refers to waves)
		intransitive verb medicine flow out in childbirth: to flow out when the amniotic sac around an unborn baby breaks during the first stage of labor (refers to amniotic fluid)
		Both words can be used as nouns or verbs, but break has a wider range of meaning and is the more frequent of the two, generally referring to separation, destruction, violation, or interruption, as in to break a window, to break the rules, a break for refreshments.
	encarta.msn.com /dictionary_/break.html (1476 words)

	Writing English - Proofreading and Copyediting Services
		The Gerund Form - The gerund form is the present participle (basic verb + -ing) used as a subject or a direct object of a sentence, or as an object of a preposition (e.g., Singing is fun).
		Infinitive A verb form that possesses characteristics of both verb and noun and is usually preceded by "to" (to start, to leave, to sing).
		For all verbs, except the verb to be, use the subject + a past tense form for statements (e.g., She has finished).
	www.writingenglish.com /verb.htm (1084 words)

	verb--function of in english grammar (page 1)
		The verb conveys a sense of action, and the sentence indicates whom the principal punished.
		The verb is intransitive because it is not necessary to relate the subject's action to an object.
		The spelling of the verb may change for some of the expressions of time or auxiliary words may be required with the verb.
	www.iscribe.org /english/verb.html (1300 words)

	Welcome to WritingFix: Three Serendipitous Verbs...an interactive word game for writers
		We loaded them with verbs that strongly suggest those 3 verb labels, but in the hands of any writer a transitive verb can be used intransitively, just as a linking verb can be easily used as a helping verb for an action verb.
		When you are done with your verb paragraph, you might turn it into an entire story by using it as the first paragraph, the last paragraph, or the middle paragraph in a bigger story.
		Intransitive verbs, when used in a sentence, could have a noun after them, but there must be a preposition between the verb and that noun in order to be sure the verb is intransitive.
	www.writingfix.com /rightbrain/threeverbs.htm (862 words)

	Glossary of Grammatical Terms
		It is used especially of a verb, in which case it means to give the forms for every person, number, mood, and tense.
		a particular set of inflectional forms of a verb to express whether the action or state it denotes is conceived as fact or in some other manner (as command, possibility, or wish).
		For example, "verb" is a verb in the sentence "It is possible to verb any noun".
	www.cs.cf.ac.uk /fun/welsh/Glossary_main.html (2316 words)

	vti1: transitive vs. intransitive
		Thus, verbs that are transitive in English are also transitive in French, and verbs that are intransitive in French are also intransitive in English.
		Etre verbs are often described as verbs of motion, but it's important to note that there are many other intransitive verbs of motion which use the auxiliary avoir, for example, 'marcher' (to walk) and 'courir' (to run): 'Tex a marché vite.
		Note that the verb sortir uses the auxiliary verb être in the passé composé as an intransitive verb, but avoir in the passé composé when it is used transitively.
	www.laits.utexas.edu /tex/gr/vti1.html (704 words)

	Verb - FrathWiki (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		A verb is a part of speech that usually denotes action ("bring", "read"), occurrence ("to decompose" (itself), "to glitter"), or a state of being ("exist", "live", "soak", "stand").
		A few of these appear in Spanish and other languages and may be termed "impersonal verbs".
		A copula is a special kind of verb, sometimes called a linking verb, that is used to describe its subject or equate or liken the subject with its predicate.
	wiki.frath.net /Verb (659 words)

	English Grammar - TRANSITIVE AND INTRANSITIVE VERBS - Word Power
		When a verb is in the Active Voice, the subject of the verb refers to the person or thing performing the action described by the verb; and the object of the verb refers to the person or thing receiving the action described by the verb.
		Particular care must be taken not to confuse the verbs to lay and to lie, since, as shown above, the Simple Past of the verb to lie has the same form as the bare infinitive of the verb to lay.
		The verbs are underlined, and the objects of the verbs are printed in bold type.
	www.wordpower.ws /grammar/gramch11.html (1214 words)

	Report Submitted to FAMSI - David Bolles
		Nouns from verbs and verb roots: In some cases the general form of the intransitive conjugation of a verb is also a noun as has been noted in the chapter on nouns, Section 23.
		Intransitive infinitives: the intransitive infinitive is formed by putting the acting verb in the intransitive conjugation with whatever tense and person needed and then adding on what would be the infinitive in English.
		Strictly speaking, these verbs which are formed by suffixing the Set B pronouns are tenseless, with the tense being determined by the time adverbs or the context in which this verb appears.
	www.famsi.org /reports/96072/gmrsrc5b.htm (4129 words)

	Untitled Document (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The main difference is that transitive verbs have action directed at a specific object (him, her, or it), while intransitive verbs do not have a specific object, or are directed at ones-self or one another.
		Verbs have different endings depending on their mood - that is, depending on the type of sentence they are used in.
		Other subordinative endings are also used when there are two verbs in a sentence; one verb is the main goal of the sentence, while one describes how it occurs.
	www.alutiiqmuseum.com /files/grammar/verb.htm (574 words)

	Verbs
		When the main clause verb is in the past or past perfect, however, the verb in the subordinate clause must be in the past or past perfect.
		Verbs are also said to be either active (The executive committee approved the new policy) or passive (The new policy was approved by the executive committee) in voice.
		In the active voice, the subject and verb relationship is straightforward: the subject is a be-er or a do-er and the verb moves the sentence along.
	www.aubg.bg /cs100/verbs.htm (1813 words)

	INTRANSITIVE VERB
		Intransitive verbs are verbs which do not have an object after it.
		In some cases, the intransitive verb need to have an adverbial after it.
		The structures you see after the verb 'laughed' in (i) to (iv) are called adverbials.
	www.freewebs.com /suphaluk/vi.html (253 words)

	Kzinti Verb Moods
		Transitive Verbs have a direct object within the sentence which receives the action of the transitive verb.
		The Transitive and Intransitive mood within Kzints'utng is the "normal," or standard, mode of communication used by most Kzintosh in everyday speech.
		Intransitive and Transitive sentences usually are formed with Subject-Verb-Object rather than Subject-Object-Verb, though Subject-Object-Verb may sometimes be employed in Transitive and Intransitive speech, depending upon the dialect employed by the individual Kzintosh.
	www.angelfire.com /scifi/mta/kzintiverbmoods.html (1057 words)

	Dictionary.com
		An intransitive verb is a verb or verb construction that does not require or cannot take a direct object, e.g., run, sleep.
		Typically, an adverb or prepositional phrase modifies an intransitive verb or the intransitive verb ends the sentence.
		To determine whether a verb is intransitive ask whether the action is done in some way, in some direction, or to some degree.
	dictionary.reference.com /help/faq/language/g82.html (137 words)

	Labels and Codes - Cambridge Dictionaries Online
		A transitive verb which can be used as an intransitive verb when followed by a preposition.
		A verb that must be followed by an adverb or preposition.
		A verb with an object followed by to be and a noun or an adjective.
	dictionary.cambridge.org /help/codes.htm (599 words)

	Creating Verbs in TADS 3 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		DefineIAction (which stands for "Define Intransitive Action") is a macro defined in the TADS 3 library that takes care of some of the tedious busy-work of creating your Action class; under the covers, this macro just starts a class definition for you and fills in a few properties.
		For an intransitive action, this method is what actually carries out the action, so you simply write code here for whatever you want the verb to accomplish.
		Note that unlike our intransitive verb example earlier, we do not define an execAction() for a transitive verb; this is because a transitive verb is executed by the direct object, not by the action class itself.
	www.tads.org /howto/t3verb.htm (3788 words)

	Passivisation of Ergative Verb (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Considering the paired ergative verbs which have causative alternants, some researchers claim that passivisation of these verbs in some contexts is a grammatical error.
		This hypothesis proposes that “the class of intransitive verbs is not homogenous, but consists of two subclasses, each associated with a distinct syntactic configuration” (Levin and Rappaport Hovav, 1995, p.2).
		Besides, grammaticality of the structure with certain paired ergative verbs in some contexts is open to question since considerable number of native speakers of English seem to have different views about the matter.
	www20.uludag.edu.tr /~acan/studies/ergativpassive.htm (4807 words)

	Type VI (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The only required slot is a verb, but it has to be a special type of verb--an intransitive verb.
		Verbs are generally one of three types--linking, transitive, and intransitive.
		The object of a verb is a noun phrase that has a referent that is different from the noun phrase in the subject position in the sentence.
	www.class.uidaho.edu /Engl201/sentence_types/Type_VI.htm (342 words)

	Transitive and Intransitive Verbs
		The intransitive verb "arrived" takes no direct object, and the noun phrase "four hours late" acts as an adverb describing when the train arrived.
		Many verbs can be either transitive or intransitive, depending on their context in the sentence.
		In this sentence "moves" is used as a transitive verb and takes the noun phrase "all the boxes and trunk" as a direct object.
	www.uottawa.ca /academic/arts/writcent/hypergrammar/trnsintr.html (492 words)

	Verbs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Verbs describe actions--what has happened, what is happening, or what will ormight happen--or a condition.
		Verbs can be divided into two categories, transitive andintransitive.
		Although the vast majority of English verbs are regular, manyof the most commonly used verbs are irregular.
	www.mhhe.com /mayfieldpub/tsw/verbs.htm (173 words)

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