Intransitive verbs do not take a direct object or complement.
Intransitive verbs do not take a direct object. Compare with transitive-verbs.
For example: Susan laughs while Fred sleeps.
(laugh and sleep are intransitive verbs).
Questions tagged [intransitive-verbs]
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Is the verb 'come' transitive or intransitive—or, both?
According to Oxford Advanced Learner's dictionary (10th edition), 'Come' is a transitive verb. Here are the following examples:
[transitive] come to do something used in questions to talk about how or why something happened.
How did he come to…
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Having an intransitive verb appearing before the subject
The rule says, that you can not have an object after an intransitive verb.
But this sentence, in my opinion, doesn't sound wrong? "Smiling was what the baby was doing."
But is it grammatically correct?
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"Long" with telic intransitive verbs expressing duration
When I try to express duration with intransitive verbs indicating a complete event, like "expire" or "melt", it works if I add "long" like:
The license has long expired.
But not:
The license has expired for two years now.
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The snow has…
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What makes be intransitive? How to tell one meaning from the other?
The STATEMENT MADE BY NATIVES:
be is not transitive, that’s why “Whom can he be?” and “Who can be
him?” are wrong.
If it’s true, why is this correct?
I don’t want to be him.
My first language is not English and the two makes perfect sense in my…
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If the conditions warrant
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'Central bank securities purchases have provided meaningful support to the economic recovery,' he said adding later that, 'we should not rule out the further use of such policies if economic conditions warrant.'
The verb warrant is…
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Doesn't need anything between be-verb and to one's advantage?
I saw a sentence with idiom "to one's advantage" in my textbook.
After that, It was obviously to my advantage.
When I saw this, I thought "why isn't there any complement after was?"
I thought Obviously and to my advantage were all adverb. But then…
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