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Old 08-Feb-2006, 18:20
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What are transitive verbs?

I read this in a monolingual dictionary:
photograph verb [T] to take a photograph of sb/sth.

What other kinds of verbs exist?
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Intransitive ones (no object), like 'smile'.
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Old 09-Feb-2006, 18:49
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Intransitive ones (no object), like 'smile'.
And that's all? It's so easy?
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If you want to wrestle with the concept a bit, try here:
http://www.usingenglish.com/glossary/middle-verb.html
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