Transitive verbs take a direct object: "I saw him."
Intransitive verbs take an indirect object: "I spoke TO him."
Think of the word "transportation." The prefix "trans" means "across." In transitive verbs, you get directly across to the object. In intransitive ("In" means not) verbs you need an intervening word like "to" or "for" to get across to the object.
2007-06-20 01:02:43
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answered by Elaine P...is for Poetry 7
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A Transitive verb has a direct object while an intransitive verb doesn't have one. A Transitive verb usually answers the questions what or who while the intransitive verb usually answers the questions why, how, etc...
ex (TV): The teacher discussed the plan. (Plan is the direct object. It answers the questions what. "What did the teacher discuss?"...the plan)
ex (IV): She walks slowly.
2007-06-20 08:07:30
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answered by Anonymous
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Transitive verbs take objects. That is, these verbs carry the action of a subject and apply it to an object. They tells us what the subject (agent) does to something else (object).
Examples: He bought a shirt.
(agent) (did something) (object- answers the question "what?")
She brushes her hair every hour.
Note that the transitive verb can take any tense.
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Intransitive verbs do not take an object; they express actions that do not require the agent's doing something to something else.
Examples: Tom danced.
The intransitive verb "danced" is a
complete action by itself and does not require a direct
object to receive the action.
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Tip: Some verbs can function as both transitive and intransitive verbs.
Example:
intransitive: She dances.
transitive: She dances the rhumba
2007-06-20 08:06:50
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answered by prabhoo 2
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i could say google
or
i could tell you to look it up on google
2007-06-20 08:01:29
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answered by Froggie S 4
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