[Grammar] Is fry a transitive verb?

[kwfine]

Dear teachers,

I am confused by the word "Fry" after I have looked it up into an online dictionary in China.
Here is the example sentence from the online dictionary:
The eggs are frying in the pan.

Can the word "fry" be used in this way?

Is it correct if I changed the sentence this way:
The eggs are being fried in the pan.

thanks

Kitty

 

[Barb_D]

Hi Kitty,
That sentence is fine.
So is "The cake is baking in the oven" and so is "The butter is melting in the sun."

I don't know if you want to go any further, but if you look up "ergative" or "middle voice" you can learn more.

 

[konungursvia]

It can be either transitive or intransitive.