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 Re: Sensitive verbs?
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Originally Posted by Casiopea Quote: |
Originally Posted by I like English Hi,
I am not clear if we can call these verbs (see, feel, touch, smell, hear...)sensitive verb???
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Yun Ju | They are called stative verbs and they belong to the category "linking verbs". Linking verbs relate to the five senses (look, sound, smell, feel, taste) or reflect a state of being (appear, seem, become, grow, turn, prove, remain). :D | I know what you meant, but I think your answer could be confusing. Some uses of verbs of sense can be intransitive-linking, but others are transitive.
I saw that book.
John smelled the coffee.
I heard that bell.
She touched the elephant. |