transitive verbs

Lenka · #1 (**permalink**) 08-Feb-2006, 17:20

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?

Tdol · #2 (**permalink**) 08-Feb-2006, 22:50

Intransitive ones (no object), like 'smile'.

Lenka · #3 (**permalink**) 09-Feb-2006, 17:49

Quote:

Originally Posted by tdol

Intransitive ones (no object), like 'smile'.

And that's all? It's so easy?

Tdol · #4 (**permalink**) 10-Feb-2006, 07:22

If you want to wrestle with the concept a bit, try here:
http://www.usingenglish.com/glossary/middle-verb.html


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