hi!
i don't understand with intransitive verb.
ex: the saleslady stood for forty-five minutes.
is this transitive or not?. is "forty-five minutes" object or not?
2007-12-04 22:50:01 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
I think Bunny has answered the question really well. I would only add that some verbs can be used both transitively or intransitively:
Transitive: I washed the dishes
Intransitive: I haven't washed today.
I sat next to my friend.
I sat my friend next to my wife.
I stood in the rain.
I stood the child next to his friend.
2007-12-05 00:04:18 · answer #1 · answered by GrahamH 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm not sure.... I think I speak and write pretty well, but I can never keep what an intransitive and a transitive verb are. It just sort of comes naturally, where to put a preposition. But--and not to sound snooty or anything--a lot of people don't speak as well as me. So I'm not sure, but people probably make that mistake.
2016-04-07 10:11:36 · answer #2 · answered by Donna 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A transitive verb is where the subject acts directly on the object.
The boy patted the dog. "Patted" is a transitive verb.
In "the saleslady stood for forty-five minutes", "for forty five minutes" is not a direct object but an adverbial phrase. "Stood" is not a transitive verb" in this case.
"The saleslady stood the sign on the counter." Here "stood" is transitive as the saleslady acts directly on the sign.
2007-12-04 23:02:01 · answer #3 · answered by tentofield 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
"Stood" is the past tense of "to stand" and "to stand" is an intransitive verb. Intransitive verbs are verbs which you cannot apply to a direct object. For example, "to stand', "to sleep", "to die" etc... Transitive verbs are "to eat", "to kill" etc... You can apply these verbs to an object: you can eat something or kill someone. "Forty-five minutes" is not the object in that sentence. It's simply the duration.
2007-12-04 22:59:07 · answer #4 · answered by Tristar 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"to stand" is intransitive. A transitive verb takes a direct object, which is a noun or noun phrase that "receives" the action of the verb.
Some transitive verbs in example:
"I bought the CD."
"I wrote a letter."
"I visited my friend."
The CD, letter, and friend are all direct objects. They "receive" the action, and are the things that are being bought, written, and visited.
As a rule of thumb, direct objects are not preceded by prepositions.
2007-12-04 22:56:58 · answer #5 · answered by Bunny 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://www.uottawa.ca/academic/arts/writcent/hypergrammar/trnsintr.html
There are many examples in this site, I hope it helps.
2007-12-04 23:11:05 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋