It excites (me)

[Balkenende]

Dear teachers,

I know, of course, one usually says 'it excites me'.

But can you also drop the 'me', and just say 'it excites'? (When you want to make some kind of general statement.)

 

[mmasny]

So you'd like to say "t excites" instead of "it's exciting", am I right?

 

[Balkenende]

Yes, you are right.

Because you see, I am a... (drumroll) poet, and the only thing I can use in this particular poem, at the end of this particular line, is 'it excites'.
I cannot use ' it's exiciting', neither can I use 'me' at the beginning of the next line.

So you see my problem!

 

[mmasny]

I think that if it's poetry, you can write whatever you want. The good thing about it is that excite is always transitive so it won't be mistaken for anything else.
I am not a teacher.

 

[Raymott]

Dear teachers,

I know, of course, one usually says 'it excites me'.

But can you also drop the 'me', and just say 'it excites'? (When you want to make some kind of general statement.)

You can. For example, "Nicotine excites before it relaxes".